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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) Team-building seminars.
(c) Grassroots political events.
(d) Fundraisers.

2. Selective adaptation governs what?
(a) Who works for whom.
(b) Who survives socially.
(c) The display of wealth.
(d) The fashion from year to year.

3. How does Veblen say the clothing of worshipers differs from daily clothing?
(a) It is less comfortable.
(b) It is more devout.
(c) It is more ornate and expensive.
(d) It is simpler.

4. Under what heading does Veblen put sports and fighting and other manifestations of the predatory temperament?
(a) Exploitation.
(b) Disgruntlement.
(c) Unproductive aggression.
(d) Savagery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen describe the industrial classes' relationship with sports?

2. What does the belief in luck accompany?

3. Which holiday does Veblen cite as an example of holidays being vicarious leisure?

4. What kind of value does Veblen say gambling has?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Veblen describe the gambling temperament?

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

4. What are the effects of devout observances?

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

6. Which classes duel? Which classes fight?

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

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

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

10. How do the leisure classes change over time?

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