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

2. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?
(a) The stars.
(b) The moon.
(c) The universe.
(d) The sun.

3. What does Debord say every Chinese person must study?
(a) Marx.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Confucius.
(d) Mao.

4. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Emptiness.
(b) Global unity.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Global domination.

5. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Precious.
(d) Useful.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Production was initially a means of what?

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

5. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?

(see the answer key)

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