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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. According to Veblen, property became a prerequisite for what?
(a) Reputation.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Respect.
(d) Starting a family.

2. What does Veblen say happens to those who can afford not to work?
(a) They help take care of the children and elders.
(b) They engage in conspicuous leisure.
(c) They volunteer.
(d) They work at the most necessary jobs.

3. What kind of leisure is created by inheritance?
(a) Super-leisure.
(b) Vicarious leisure.
(c) Obligatory leisure.
(d) Marginal leisure.

4. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?
(a) Gold.
(b) Enemy women.
(c) Stories.
(d) War booty.

5. What does Veblen say the effects of an ownership society are on the behavior of its members?
(a) It makes people economically insecure.
(b) It makes people warlike.
(c) It makes people conservative.
(d) It makes people frugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes as a result of a change in institutions?

2. What are the standards of consumption determined by?

3. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?

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

5. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

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