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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 fighting does for lower-class delinquents?
(a) Veblen says that it culls the weak.
(b) Veblen says that it threatens the upper classes.
(c) Veblen says that it asserts manhood.
(d) Veblen says that it settles property disputes.

2. In what activity do delinquents rival the leisure class?
(a) Unproductive leisure.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Production.

3. Under what conditions is there a quasi-peaceful stage in Western culture, according to Veblen?
(a) When status is the dominant feature of life.
(b) When technology makes life easier.
(c) When money becomes the measure of social status.
(d) When the draft is ended.

4. Whose theories influenced Veblen's ideas about selective adaptation?
(a) Darwin's.
(b) Nietzsche's.
(c) Marx's.
(d) Lamarck's.

5. What changes as a result of a change in institutions?
(a) Habits and thoughts.
(b) The means of production.
(c) Technology.
(d) Economic models.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?

2. What is education's relationship with the supernatural, according to Veblen?

3. What does Veblen cite as an example of gambling in organizations designed for devout observances?

4. What two classes does Veblen distinguish between?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the leisure classes change over time?

3. What is martial spirit, and which classes demonstrate it?

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

5. How do men change over time according to Veblen?

6. How does Veblen describe devout observances?

7. How do men and women of the industrial classes feel and react to pecuniary pressures?

8. How are industries ranked?

9. How does Veblen describe the gambling temperament?

10. How does education form the leisure class?

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