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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of man's character does gambling originate in, according to Veblen?
(a) The peaceable character.
(b) The religious character.
(c) The predatory character.
(d) The antepredatory character.

2. Which class does Veblen say exhibits peaceful traits?
(a) The industrial class.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The ownership class.
(d) The leisure class.

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

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

5. According to Veblen, women in the leisure class are partially exempt from what?
(a) Familial pressures.
(b) Cultural pressures.
(c) Pecuniary pressures.
(d) Spiritual pressures.

6. According to Veblen, how do men's attitudes change as they acquire more and more pecuniary interest in their work?
(a) They begin to spend more time with their families.
(b) They become more ashamed of it.
(c) They take more pride in it.
(d) They begin to give more to charity.

7. What is it that forces the resistant social classes to adapt to new conditions?
(a) The stability of the class structure itself.
(b) The stress involved in keeping their traditions.
(c) Competition from other classes.
(d) The cost of adapting.

8. Natural selection of social structure is influenced by the natural selection of what?
(a) Economies.
(b) Capitalists.
(c) Producers.
(d) Institutions.

9. Where does Veblen say gambling originated?
(a) He says it originated in predatory culture.
(b) He says it originated in sports.
(c) He says it originated in peaceable culture.
(d) He says it is an archaic activity.

10. What does Veblen say was the center of modern communities during his time?
(a) Industrial efficiency.
(b) The guilt inherited from wars.
(c) Nostalgia for nature.
(d) The inherited triumphs from wars.

11. How does Veblen describe sports?
(a) As decorous recreation.
(b) As dishonorable waste.
(c) As nonproductive labor.
(d) As vicarious leisure.

12. Whose traits does Veblen say the leisure class propagates?
(a) The Romans'.
(b) Its children's.
(c) Earlier cultures'.
(d) The traits it generates out of itself.

13. How does Veblen say the clothing of worshipers differs from daily clothing?
(a) It is simpler.
(b) It is less comfortable.
(c) It is more devout.
(d) It is more ornate and expensive.

14. Which ethnic type does Veblen say has more predatory traits?
(a) Nordics.
(b) Brachycephalic brunettes.
(c) Dolichocephalic blonds.
(d) Mediterraneans.

15. Which class has the most martial spirit, according to Veblen?
(a) The lower class.
(b) The industrial class.
(c) The leisure class.
(d) The middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say the act of worshiping appeals to?

2. What does Veblen say is the reason for gambling?

3. What does Veblen call learning?

4. According to Veblen, what effect does education have on the leisure class?

5. Which stage of culture does the antepredatory variant correlate to?

(see the answer keys)

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