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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conspicuous Consumption.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say happens to those who can afford not to work?
(a) They help take care of the children and elders.
(b) They work at the most necessary jobs.
(c) They volunteer.
(d) They engage in conspicuous leisure.

2. What aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?
(a) Community standards of decency had to be fairly loose.
(b) The entire community had to be involved in earning subsistence.
(c) Subsistence could be obtained without the entire community.
(d) The goal of a good life had to involve hard work.

3. When does Veblen say that a leisure class emerged?
(a) During the transition from agricultural barbarism to urban mercantilism.
(b) During the transition from primitive savagery to barbarism.
(c) During the transition from savage barbarism to agricultural barbarism.
(d) During the transition from mercantilism to early industry.

4. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?
(a) In urban areas.
(b) In rural areas.
(c) In court.
(d) In Paris.

5. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?
(a) Military forces.
(b) Economic forces.
(c) Geographical forces.
(d) Technological forces.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the earliest form of ownership take place?

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

4. How does Veblen define leisure?

5. What happens to the standard of wealth over time?

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