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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. How does Veblen describe charitable organizations?

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

3. What attitude and habit does Veblen say is antithetical to the leisure class?

4. Which class has the most martial spirit, according to Veblen?

5. To which group does the selection process seem to apply least?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are industries ranked?

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

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

5. How do sports relate to the fighting spirit?

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

7. How does Veblen describe devout observances?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Is Veblen critical of the leisure class, or is his work simply descriptive of their habits? Use the text and any social, biographical, or cultural research to define Veblen's feelings about the leisure class.

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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