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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. Which aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?
(a) A predatory nature in the community.
(b) Representative government.
(c) An ethic of sharing.
(d) Competition for resources.

2. What age does Veblen say worshiping corresponds to?
(a) The peaceful age.
(b) The industrial age.
(c) The barbarian age.
(d) The antepredatory age.

3. What happens when people attain a certain level of consumption?
(a) It is easier to reach what has been just out of reach.
(b) They are free to move down, but it is difficult to move further up.
(c) It is difficult to move to a lower level.
(d) They try to raise their children with less frivolous things.

4. What does Veblen say is the most serious occupation of the leisure class?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Government.
(c) Production.
(d) Distribution.

5. In which temperament does Veblen say that gambling originates?
(a) The predatory sentiment.
(b) The leisure sentiment.
(c) The barbarian sentiment.
(d) The agricultural sentiment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?

2. How does the upper class distinguish itself, according to Veblen?

3. What does Veblen consider education to be?

4. What does Veblen say a person's possessions determine in ownership societies?

5. What does Veblen mean by exoteric knowledge?

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