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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do expensive handmade clothes have that cheap imitations do not?
(a) The aesthetic quality of the original.
(b) More authentic components.
(c) Patented features.
(d) The signature of the maker.

2. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?
(a) They are more ornate.
(b) They are less elaborate.
(c) They are more comfortable.
(d) They are always open to the public.

3. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?
(a) Differentiation and specialization of labor.
(b) Expansion of the military.
(c) Exploitation of workers.
(d) Improvements in production efficiency.

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

5. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?
(a) They become more diplomatic.
(b) They become more efficient.
(c) They become more decadent.
(d) They become more warlike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Veblen use to describe horses and dogs?

2. What does Veblen say happens to those who need to work but do not work?

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

4. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

5. How does Veblen say wealth is obtained?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Veblen define leisure?

2. Why do most people spend in excess of what is required for their physical comfort?

3. What is the relationship between the necessities of life and an individual's standard of living?

4. How does the clergy demonstrate vicarious leisure?

5. In what way is dress an example of conspicuous waste?

6. What do a man's possessions say about the man?

7. What was the earliest form of ownership?

8. How did primitive societies divide the labor?

9. How does the leisure of the leisure class affect the servants?

10. How does the individual consumer think of his conspicuous waste?

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