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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devout Observances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What principle does Veblen say guides the consumer's habits?
(a) Conspicuous consumption.
(b) Conspicuous waste.
(c) Vicarious waste.
(d) Vicarious consumption.

2. According to Veblen, ethnic types during his time were variations of what?
(a) Antepredatory types.
(b) Predatory types.
(c) Peaceable types.
(d) Primitive ethnic types.

3. To what does Veblen compare the martial spirit in lower-class delinquents?
(a) The state of war.
(b) Youthful impetuosity.
(c) Drunkenness.
(d) The college spirit in sports.

4. What happens when a community develops a standard of wealth?
(a) Society bands together to care for those below that level.
(b) Anything below that level becomes objectionable.
(c) Anything beyond that level becomes meritorious.
(d) Society persecutes those below that level.

5. What incentive does Veblen say results from the desire to own property?
(a) The incentive to work.
(b) The incentive to marry.
(c) The incentive to have children.
(d) The incentive to fight over property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does Veblen say gambling has on industrial efficiency?

2. What clothes should members of the leisure class wear?

3. According to Veblen, there is a natural selection among what?

4. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?

5. How must a man of leisure act?

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