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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Proletariat as Subject and as Representation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The periphery.
(b) The center.
(c) The top.
(d) The bottom.

2. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
(a) Workers.
(b) Presidents.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Media stars.

3. In order to succeed, Debord says revolutionary theory must reject what?
(a) Spectacular seduction.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Revolutionary ideology.

4. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?
(a) Violence.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Unity.
(d) Freedom.

5. Bakunin favored what method to establish a socialist society?
(a) Political campaign.
(b) Totalitarian authority.
(c) Gradual process.
(d) Military coup.

Short Answer Questions

1. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?

2. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.

3. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?

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

5. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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