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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Veblen say a woman's dress indicates about her spouse?
2. Which employments were associated with a lower status?
3. Who performs the most vicarious consumption, according to Veblen?
4. What does Veblen say results from the possession and consumption of goods?
5. What does Veblen say emulation leads to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the relationship between the necessities of life and an individual's standard of living?
2. How has the leisure class evolved from the times of hunting cultures?
3. How are churches and ornate buildings related to conspicuous waste?
4. How does Veblen define leisure?
5. How does wealth stratify society?
6. How are the different social classes distinguished?
7. How did women practice production and consumption in early predatory culture?
8. How does style ensure conspicuous waste?
9. How does the leisure of the leisure class affect the servants?
10. How does Veblen describe the differences between the sexes and the effect of those differences on economic life of a society?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how "The Theory of the Leisure Class" applies to two professions: one where the profession fits Veblen's language very well, and another where Veblen's language does not apply as neatly.
Essay Topic 2
Is Veblen dividing society into people who blindly follow fashion on one hand and others who see the true value of things on the other? Or is he describing a split in the industrial culture by which people can see the artificiality of their habits at the same time that they perform them?
Essay Topic 3
At what rank does the leisure class end in industrial culture? Is it just the upper classes, or are all people leisure class if they are anywhere above subsistence?
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