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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 God represents in the anthropomorphic creed?

2. What, in Veblen's description, does education accomplish?

3. How does Veblen say people can move from the industrial class to the leisure class?

4. According to Veblen, new selections of the fittest are driven by changes in what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the ethnic types Veblen defines, and how does he describe them?

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

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

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

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

7. Which classes duel? Which classes fight?

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

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

10. How are industries ranked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Veblen describes the leisure class as a development from earlier culture. Is it a form of progress or a form of evolution? How much is Veblen's concept of the leisure class influenced by Darwinian thinking?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Which is mor important to the leisure class, conformity or individuality? Is the leisure class selfish or clannish? Or is selfishness a form of class cohesion?

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