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

2. What age does Veblen say worshiping corresponds to?
(a) The barbarian age.
(b) The peaceful age.
(c) The industrial age.
(d) The antepredatory age.

3. What aspect of man's character does gambling originate in, according to Veblen?
(a) The peaceable character.
(b) The predatory character.
(c) The antepredatory character.
(d) The religious character.

4. What form does Veblen say the pressure to change takes?
(a) Pecuniary exigencies.
(b) Emergencies.
(c) Crises.
(d) The threat of war.

5. Whose traits does Veblen say the leisure class propagates?
(a) The traits it generates out of itself.
(b) Its children's.
(c) Earlier cultures'.
(d) The Romans'.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Veblen say God represents in the anthropomorphic creed?

4. Which class does Veblen say exhibits peaceful traits?

5. What does Veblen say happens to the anthropomorphic cult as time goes by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does education form the leisure class?

3. How does Veblen's book reveal Darwin's influence?

4. How do sports demonstrate belief in luck, or semireligious sentiment?

5. How do sports relate to the fighting spirit?

6. How does Veblen describe the difference between esoteric and exoteric knowledge?

7. How does one move from the industrial class to the leisure class?

8. How does the workman manifest his animistic view about luck?

9. How does Veblen describe the gambling temperament?

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

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