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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Unity and Division within Appearance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Global domination.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Global unity.

2. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?
(a) Power.
(b) Contemplation.
(c) Culture.
(d) Control.

3. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.
(a) Power.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Folly.
(d) Hope.

4. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.
(a) World.
(b) Consumer.
(c) Opium.
(d) Theoretical.

5. As man creates his own world, the more drastically Debord believes he is cut off from what?
(a) Death.
(b) Education.
(c) Life.
(d) Production.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?

2. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?

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

4. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?

5. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?

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