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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. The commodity is exclusively what in nature, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Qualitative.
(b) Objective.
(c) Quantitative.
(d) Subjective.

2. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

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

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

5. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The center.
(b) The periphery.
(c) The bottom.
(d) The top.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?

2. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?

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

4. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

5. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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