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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Modern Survivals of Prowess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does a man of leisure indicate his position in society?
(a) By his association with people of renown.
(b) By volunteering to help the poor.
(c) By consuming and giving away certain things.
(d) By giving money to charities.

2. How does Veblen describe sports?
(a) As dishonorable waste.
(b) As vicarious leisure.
(c) As nonproductive labor.
(d) As decorous recreation.

3. Which class has the most martial spirit, according to Veblen?
(a) The leisure class.
(b) The middle class.
(c) The industrial class.
(d) The lower class.

4. What does Veblen say results from the possession and consumption of goods?
(a) Competitive sports replace warfare.
(b) Women demand greater rights.
(c) Widespread physical comforts.
(d) Debt produces a new class of slave.

5. What do silver spoons have that machine-made spoons do not?
(a) Utility.
(b) Aesthetic design.
(c) Serviceability.
(d) Conspicuous waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides what level of consumption is honorable?

2. What does Veblen say causes the emergence of crimes against property?

3. Under what conditions does Veblen say that members of the industrial class will fight?

4. Which employments were associated with a lower status?

5. What classes does Veblen describe emerging as society developed?

(see the answer key)

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