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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. Why, according to Veblen, do the leisure class's traits survive?
(a) Because the leisure class is an open society.
(b) Because the leisure class is resistent to adaptation.
(c) Because the leisure class is sheltered.
(d) Because the leisure class is cosmopolitan.

2. What does Veblen mean by exoteric knowledge?
(a) Knowledge of the industrial process.
(b) Knowledge of skeletons and underlying structures.
(c) Knowledge of geology and planetary physics.
(d) Knowledge of social status and tradition.

3. What does Veblen say happens to the anthropomorphic cult as time goes by?
(a) It evolves into democracy.
(b) It loses adherents.
(c) It becomes rigid.
(d) It disintegrates.

4. Where does Veblen say the leisure class lived during his time?
(a) Above the industrial community.
(b) Beyond the industrial community.
(c) Near the industrial community.
(d) Within the industrial community.

5. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?
(a) Drunkenness.
(b) The state of war.
(c) Youthful impetuosity.
(d) The college spirit in sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Veblen, women in the leisure class are partially exempt from what?

2. Where does Veblen say gambling originated?

3. What two classes does Veblen distinguish between?

4. Why do existing institutions foster the propagation of a particular type of person?

5. What does Veblen say about his purposes in describing anthropomorphic cults?

Short Essay Questions

1. What temperament does Veblen say characterizes the leisure class, and how does the leisure class change?

2. How does the study of the classics and classical languages change over time?

3. How does Veblen describe the situation of modern women, the women of his time?

4. How do the leisure classes change over time?

5. How do sports relate to the fighting spirit?

6. How is education similar to the observance of devotional functions and magic?

7. How does Veblen describe the gambling temperament?

8. How do lower-class delinquents manifest the fighting spirit?

9. How are leisure-class women like members of the clergy?

10. Which classes duel? Which classes fight?

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