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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Commodity as Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?
(a) A social relationship.
(b) A foe.
(c) A monster.
(d) A political system.

2. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Systematic.
(c) Illogical.
(d) Symantic.

3. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Time.
(b) Capital.
(c) Need.
(d) Hope.

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

5. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?
(a) Realm of fantasy.
(b) Political power.
(c) Economic power.
(d) Realm of appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debord believe kept people from recognizing the emergence of an economy?

2. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?

3. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.

4. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?

5. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?

(see the answer key)

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