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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?

2. How does Veblen describe hunting in a predatory culture?

3. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?

4. What does Veblen say is evidence of people's concern with their appearances?

5. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Veblen describe the differences between the sexes and the effect of those differences on economic life of a society?

2. How did women practice production and consumption in early predatory culture?

3. How does the leisure of the leisure class affect the servants?

4. What is the purpose of leisure?

5. What is emulation, and how does it function in society?

6. What is the relationship between the necessities of life and an individual's standard of living?

7. What do a man's possessions say about the man?

8. Where does the institution of a leisure class appear in the development of culture?

9. What was the earliest form of ownership?

10. How does style ensure conspicuous waste?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who believes in the unseen hand, and how do people who believe in the unseen hand differ from those who do not?

Essay Topic 2

Is the belief in luck the same thing as religion in Veblen's view? Compare and contrast the two belief systems. Do they both have the same effect on society?

Essay Topic 3

How are women of the leisure class different from men? How are their roles and responsibilities different? How are they the same? Do women express traits of other classes besides the leisure class? If so, what are those traits.

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