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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Devout Observances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How must a man of leisure act?
(a) With deference toward his equals and superiors.
(b) With no respect or regard for his inferiors.
(c) With decorum appropriate to his station.
(d) WIth appreciation for the technical trades that allow him his leisure.

2. What does Veblen say comprises people's standard of living?
(a) Their habitual expenditures.
(b) Their luxuries.
(c) Their debt.
(d) Their necessary consumption.

3. What does Veblen call the code of conduct for servants?
(a) Mechanical efficiency.
(b) Service with a smile.
(c) Conspicuous subservience.
(d) Conspicuous discomfort.

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

5. What standard does Veblen say guides people's behavior?
(a) The standard of the class they were born into.
(b) The standard of the highest ranking relative in their ancestry.
(c) The standard of the people surrounding them.
(d) The standard of the class just beyond their reach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age does Veblen say worshiping corresponds to?

2. Which class has the most martial spirit, according to Veblen?

3. Where is conspicuous consumption most prevalent?

4. What distinction does Veblen say emerged between types of labor in cultures that had a leisure class?

5. What distinction begins to be drawn as the group around the patron grows?

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