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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pecuniary Standard of Living.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say an ownership society motivates people to do?
(a) Keep money within the family.
(b) Work hard.
(c) Steal.
(d) Conquer other people.

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

3. What does Veblen say happens whenever people acquire a greater ability to pay?
(a) They pass their money to their children.
(b) They improve their quality of life.
(c) They buy more items of conspicious consumption.
(d) They invest their money in the community.

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

5. How does Veblen classify industrial labor in industrial societies?
(a) As men's work.
(b) As work that does not produce food or shelter.
(c) As women's work.
(d) As work done by machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What standard does Veblen say guides people's behavior?

2. What incentive does Veblen say results from the desire to own property?

3. Vicarious consumption reflects whose standing?

4. What allowed a leisure class to emerge?

5. What is reserved for the leisure class?

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