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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 is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?
(a) Communism.
(b) Facism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

2. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?
(a) Unity.
(b) Violence.
(c) Antagonism.
(d) Freedom.

3. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?
(a) Emissary.
(b) Counselor.
(c) Lifeguard.
(d) Diplomat.

4. What is an illusion of production in thesis 27?
(a) Leisure.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Time.
(d) Productivity.

5. Debord says that survival can gild poverty, but it cannot ___________ it.
(a) Rationalize.
(b) Validate.
(c) Overcome.
(d) Transcend.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?

3. Production was initially a means of what?

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

5. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?

(see the answer key)

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