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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pecuniary Emulation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say is the motive for ownership?
(a) Possessiveness.
(b) Competitiveness.
(c) Envy.
(d) Emulation.

2. Which occupation would the leisure class have worked as?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Engraver.
(c) Minister.
(d) Writer.

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

4. When did the leisure class become part of society?
(a) At the same time technology did.
(b) At the same time religion did.
(c) At the same time slavery did.
(d) At the same time ownership did.

5. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Women are more empathetic.
(b) Men are more aggressive.
(c) Men can endure greater strains.
(d) Women can contain men's emotions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen say members of a society are ranked and judged?

2. What aspect of culture was a condition for the development of a leisure class?

3. Which cultures exhibited the leisure class?

4. What factors drove the emergence of the leisure class?

5. According to Veblen, property became a prerequisite for what?

(see the answer key)

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