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

2. Why do people spend more than they need for physical comfort?
(a) They need to stimulate their local economy.
(b) They want to impress their superiors.
(c) They cannot keep excess wealth.
(d) They conform to a code of decency.

3. What incentive does Veblen say results from the desire to own property?
(a) The incentive to marry.
(b) The incentive to work.
(c) The incentive to fight over property.
(d) The incentive to have children.

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

5. Spending money on ornate buildings is an example of what?
(a) Vicarious consumption.
(b) Vicarious waste.
(c) Devout waste.
(d) Conspicuous waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What clothes should members of the leisure class wear?

2. What does Veblen say motivates conspicuous waste?

3. Which aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?

4. What does Veblen say happens to cultures that develop knowledge and tools?

5. What does Veblen say is evidence of people's concern with their appearances?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do expensive clothes say about a person?

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

4. How are lawns and public grounds evidence of pecuniary beauty?

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

6. How does style ensure conspicuous waste?

7. What status is attributed to scholars?

8. What began with private ownership?

9. How are the different social classes distinguished?

10. What distinguishes the leisure class from the other classes?

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