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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. As leisure classes develop, whom do the marginal men of leisure in the lower ranks affiliate themselves with?
(a) The men of leisure in the higher ranks.
(b) The upper-class women.
(c) The slaves.
(d) The workers.

2. How does Veblen describe the industrial classes' relationship with sports?
(a) As a passion.
(b) As an occasional diversion.
(c) As an addiction.
(d) As a form of warfare.

3. Where did the predatory variant come from?
(a) Evolution from the peaceable culture.
(b) Evolution from the antepredatory culture.
(c) Adaptation from the predatory culture.
(d) Inversion of the antepredatory culture.

4. Which employments were associated with a lower status?
(a) Subsistence tasks.
(b) Crafts.
(c) Government tasks.
(d) Diplomatic tasks.

5. What does Veblen say possessions indicate in an ownership society?
(a) The virtue of the possessor.
(b) The fame of the possessor.
(c) The nobility of the possessor.
(d) The power of the possessor.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Veblen say that education is similar?

2. When, according to Veblen, does the leisure class change most?

3. How does Veblen say the upper classes in an agricultural society see work?

4. In which temperament does Veblen say that gambling originates?

5. What is affected by the institution of a social class?

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