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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Veblen say fighting does for lower-class delinquents?
(a) Veblen says that it culls the weak.
(b) Veblen says that it threatens the upper classes.
(c) Veblen says that it asserts manhood.
(d) Veblen says that it settles property disputes.

2. What distinction does Veblen say separates men and women?
(a) Men can endure greater strains.
(b) Men are more aggressive.
(c) Women can contain men's emotions.
(d) Women are more empathetic.

3. What does Veblen say is the purpose of devout observances?
(a) To motivate the community to greater efficiency.
(b) To give time for reflection, reconsideration, and invention.
(c) To lower the economic efficiency of a community.
(d) To capture some of the spoils of exploitation in the church.

4. What does Veblen say causes the emergence of crimes against property?
(a) The development of debt.
(b) The emergence of money.
(c) The sanctification of property.
(d) The exploitation of labor.

5. What distinguishes devout structures from other buildings?
(a) They are more ornate.
(b) They are more comfortable.
(c) They are always open to the public.
(d) They are less elaborate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Veblen classify industrial labor in industrial societies?

2. What is education's relationship with the supernatural, according to Veblen?

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

4. To what agency does Veblen attribute industrial man's faith in luck?

5. Why, according to Veblen, do the leisure class's traits survive?

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