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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. How does Veblen describe anthropomorphic cults?
(a) As distractions for industrial classes.
(b) As predatory cultures.
(c) As external features of devout observances.
(d) As antepredatory cultures.

2. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?
(a) Between worthy and unworthy labor.
(b) Between capitalists and communists.
(c) Between agitators and protestors.
(d) Between workers, managers, and owners.

3. What force does Veblen say drives change in the leisure class?
(a) Changes in religious rituals.
(b) Political policies.
(c) Economic development.
(d) International currency exchange rates.

4. What does Veblen consider education to be?
(a) A form of conspicuous consumption.
(b) A form of vicarious leisure.
(c) A form of pecuniary waste.
(d) A form of vicarious consumption.

5. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Women are more empathetic.
(b) Men can endure greater strains.
(c) Men are more aggressive.
(d) Women can contain men's emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say fighting does for lower-class delinquents?

2. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?

3. In what activity do delinquents rival the leisure class?

4. How does Veblen describe the industrial classes' relationship with sports?

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

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