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

2. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.
(a) Apollo.
(b) Daedeus.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Ilium.

3. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?
(a) Unification.
(b) Division.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

4. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?
(a) Clarity.
(b) Disappointment.
(c) Falsehood.
(d) Revelation.

5. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?
(a) Unity.
(b) Separation.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?

3. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?

4. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

5. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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