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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Time and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to thesis 55, struggles between forces have been established for the purpose of running what?
(a) Socioeconomic system.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Political system.
(d) Dictatorship.

2. What seeks to supersede all elements of historic time in Debord's opinion?
(a) Revolutionary thought.
(b) Spectacular society.
(c) Economic imperative.
(d) Political power.

3. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) England.
(b) Rome.
(c) Greece.
(d) America.

4. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Production value.
(b) Exchange value.
(c) Perceived value.
(d) Non-value.

5. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?
(a) Living.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Believing.
(d) Hoping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

2. In Russia, the Communist party takeover happened under _________.

3. The religious appeal to God is analogous to the peasant appeal to the ______, according to Chapter 5.

4. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

5. Production was initially a means of what?

(see the answer key)

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