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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Organization of Territory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Racism invests vulgar rankings in the hierarchies of consumption through a _______ superiority in Chapter 3.
(a) Mythological.
(b) Ontological.
(c) Pedagogical.
(d) Logical.

2. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.
(a) Ilium.
(b) Daedeus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Hercules.

3. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Hegemony.

4. What two poles does Debord believe the history of economy has turned on?
(a) Town and country.
(b) Rulers and subjects.
(c) Rich and poor.
(d) North and south.

5. Where was universal history born, according to Chapter 7?
(a) In kingdoms.
(b) In countries.
(c) In cities.
(d) In dark corners.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the quote from Red Flag at the beginning of Chapter 3, there is the proletarian conception and the _________ conception.

2. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?

3. According to thesis 165, the power to __________ is what has battered down the walls between physical places in society.

4. What does Debord say is the most revolutionary idea concerning city planning?

5. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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