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

2. What changes as a result of a change in institutions?
(a) Habits and thoughts.
(b) The means of production.
(c) Economic models.
(d) Technology.

3. 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 savage barbarism to agricultural barbarism.
(d) During the transition from agricultural barbarism to urban mercantilism.

4. Where does Veblen say scholars fit in the social spectrum?
(a) They are looked up to for their vicarious consumption of cultural production.
(b) They are valued for their high level of expenditures on conspicuous items.
(c) They are looked down upon for their lower earnings.
(d) They are looked up to for their production of cultural materials.

5. What did men use to display their exploits during the earliest forms of ownership?
(a) War booty.
(b) Enemy women.
(c) Stories.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?

3. What does Veblen say was the earliest form of ownership?

4. Selective adaptation governs what?

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

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