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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. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?
(a) In the spectacle's light.
(b) In the harsh light of reality.
(c) In a consumer's home.
(d) In a consumer's imagination.

2. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.
(a) Feuerbach.
(b) Ruge.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Lukacs.

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

4. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Politics.
(d) Economics.

5. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.
(a) Prudence.
(b) Duplicity.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Hegemony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.

3. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?

4. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.

5. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?

(see the answer key)

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