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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 does Veblen say causes the emergence of crimes against property?
(a) The emergence of money.
(b) The development of debt.
(c) The sanctification of property.
(d) The exploitation of labor.

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

3. What employments did upper-class people in Iceland and Polynesia work in?
(a) Management, service jobs, and newspapers.
(b) Investment banking and diplomacy.
(c) Arts, music, and entertainment.
(d) Government, military, and the ministry.

4. How does Veblen classify industrial labor in industrial societies?
(a) As work that does not produce food or shelter.
(b) As women's work.
(c) As men's work.
(d) As work done by machines.

5. Who performs the most vicarious consumption, according to Veblen?
(a) Children.
(b) Servants.
(c) The wage earner.
(d) The women of the household.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say emulation leads to?

2. What standard does Veblen say guides people's behavior?

3. What does Veblen say causes an item of clothing to be seen as inferior?

4. What happens when people attain a certain level of consumption?

5. What are the standards of consumption determined by?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does wealth stratify society?

2. How are the different social classes distinguished?

3. What began with private ownership?

4. How has the leisure class evolved from the times of hunting cultures?

5. How does style ensure conspicuous waste?

6. How did women practice production and consumption in early predatory culture?

7. How does Veblen describe the differences between the sexes and the effect of those differences on economic life of a society?

8. What are the two conditions necessary for the development of the leisure class?

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

10. How are churches and ornate buildings related to conspicuous waste?

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