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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 specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.
(a) Fanatics.
(b) Power.
(c) Fame.
(d) Production.

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

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

4. According to Debord, each new product is supposed to offer a shortcut to the promised land of what?
(a) Power.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As man creates his own world, the more drastically Debord believes he is cut off from what?

2. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?

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

5. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?

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