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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say possessions indicate in an ownership society?
(a) The fame of the possessor.
(b) The nobility of the possessor.
(c) The virtue of the possessor.
(d) The power of the possessor.

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

4. Which cultures exhibited the leisure class?
(a) Primitive Indonesia.
(b) Postindustrial America.
(c) Migratory American Indians.
(d) Feudal Europe.

5. What happens to the standard of wealth over time?
(a) It keeps increasing as society becomes more efficient.
(b) It remains the same until technology increases efficiencies again.
(c) It declines as efficiencies make wealth easier to obtain.
(d) It changes as trends change.

Short Answer Questions

1. How have the upper classes distinguished themselves from the other classes?

2. What employments did upper-class people in Iceland and Polynesia work in?

3. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

4. Which occupation would the leisure class have worked as?

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

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