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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. To what does Veblen say that education is similar?

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

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

4. What age does Veblen say worshiping corresponds to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does education form the leisure class?

3. What are the effects of devout observances?

4. How are industries ranked?

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

6. How do the devout observances of the clergy have their cultural-economic effect?

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

8. How are organizations organized around devout observances?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How useful is the term "the leisure class"? Does it describe everyone with any disposable income? Is it really a synonym for the upper class? Is it a synonym for the middle class?

Essay Topic 3

Where does the wealth come from that allows the leisure class to consume so much vicariously or conspicuously? How does the leisure class ensure its control over the means of production? That is, how does Veblen--or does Veblen--reflect the influence of Marxist economic and political theory?

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