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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Industrial Exemption and Conservatism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction begins to be drawn as the group around the patron grows?
(a) Between noble and ignoble.
(b) Between landed and monied gentry.
(c) Between aristocratic and democratic.
(d) Between upper-class and lower-class merchants.

2. What standard does Veblen say guides people's behavior?
(a) The standard of the class they were born into.
(b) The standard of the class just beyond their reach.
(c) The standard of the highest ranking relative in their ancestry.
(d) The standard of the people surrounding them.

3. What kind of leisure is created by inheritance?
(a) Super-leisure.
(b) Obligatory leisure.
(c) Vicarious leisure.
(d) Marginal leisure.

4. What does Veblen say happens as technology progresses?
(a) Men have more children.
(b) Men have more wives.
(c) Men have more time for prayer.
(d) Men have more time for activities beyond subsistence.

5. Who performs the most vicarious consumption, according to Veblen?
(a) Children.
(b) The wage earner.
(c) Servants.
(d) The women of the household.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that forces the resistant social classes to adapt to new conditions?

2. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

3. Who decides what level of consumption is honorable?

4. What spiritual need does clothing serve for people?

5. What does Veblen say makes wealth desirable?

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