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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Negation and Consumption within Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?
(a) Automation.
(b) Annihilation.
(c) Negation.
(d) Negotiation.

2. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Washers.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Keychains.

3. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.
(a) Survival supplemented.
(b) Survival negated.
(c) Super-survival.
(d) Augmented survival.

4. Critical theory has to be communicated in the language of __________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Agreement.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Contradiction.

5. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?
(a) Organization.
(b) Longevity.
(c) Military.
(d) Production.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?

2. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.

3. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?

4. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?

5. The spectacular power corrupts its subordinates through ____________ in Chapter 8.

(see the answer key)

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