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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say about the upper classes in Iceland and Polynesia?
(a) That they were barred from physical labor.
(b) That they invested the capital and give laborers the means of production.
(c) That they worked alongside the rest.
(d) That they offered their vassals' labor to the priests.

2. Spending money on ornate buildings is an example of what?
(a) Conspicuous waste.
(b) Vicarious consumption.
(c) Vicarious waste.
(d) Devout waste.

3. Which holiday does Veblen cite as an example of holidays being vicarious leisure?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Labor Day.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Easter.

4. What does consumption yield to the individual?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Utility.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Status.

5. In what activity do delinquents rival the leisure class?
(a) Production.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Unproductive leisure.
(d) Consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Veblen says survives as society changes?

2. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?

3. Which cultures exhibited the leisure class?

4. What does Veblen mean by the terms "social inertia" and "conservatism"?

5. What is the relationship between manners and class?

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