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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. How does Veblen describe charitable organizations?
(a) As grounded in competition for status.
(b) As fundamentally economic.
(c) As semireligious.
(d) A somewhat militaristic.

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

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

4. What does Veblen mean by esoteric knowledge?
(a) Knowledge that can be developed in an industrial capacity.
(b) Knowledge that has nothing to do with industry.
(c) Knowledge that questions the nature of God.
(d) Knowledge that is applied to industry.

5. What kinds of events does Veblen say were arranged by organizations during his time that were related to devout observance?
(a) Sporting events.
(b) Grassroots political events.
(c) Fundraisers.
(d) Team-building seminars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say is the most serious occupation of the leisure class?

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

3. What force does Veblen say drives change in the leisure class?

4. What is it that forces the resistant social classes to adapt to new conditions?

5. Under what conditions does Veblen say that members of the industrial class will fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the leisure classes change over time?

3. How do the devout observances of the clergy have their cultural-economic effect?

4. What traits in men are required for the success of a community, in Veblen's description?

5. What are the effects of devout observances?

6. Which classes duel? Which classes fight?

7. How does education form the leisure class?

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

9. How does Veblen describe devout observances?

10. Where does Veblen believe the desire to gamble originates?

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