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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is representative of a person leaving cyclical time in Chapter 5?
(a) Pilgrim.
(b) Bourgeoisie.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Proletariat.

2. What is a necessary part of an abundant society, according to Chapter 8?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Waste.
(d) Need.

3. What does Debord believe is the star commodity in the society of the spectacle?
(a) Culture.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Technology.
(d) Media.

4. Chapter 5 compares cyclical time and ________ time.
(a) Historic.
(b) Political.
(c) Spectacular.
(d) Irreversible.

5. How many hours a day does Debord estimate Americans spend watching television?
(a) 1 to 3.
(b) 3 to 6.
(c) 2 to 4.
(d) 6 to 9.

6. What does urbanism institute as it destroys the cities in Chapter 7?
(a) Pseudo-countryside.
(b) Pseudo-culture.
(c) Pseudo-cities.
(d) Pseudo-wealth.

7. Debord believes that pseudo-cyclical time is transformed by what?
(a) Industry.
(b) Spectacle.
(c) History.
(d) Politics.

8. What does Debord say planned environments have created?
(a) Artificial peasantry.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Unity.
(d) Classless society.

9. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.
(a) Dadaism.
(b) Impressionism.
(c) Baroque.
(d) Minimalism.

10. In spectacular society, ___________ of time gives way to real time, according to Chapter 6.
(a) Promises.
(b) Representations.
(c) Advertisements.
(d) Illusions.

11. Who does Debord believe urbanism effectively and dangerously masses together?
(a) The army.
(b) The power.
(c) The workers.
(d) The bourgeoisie.

12. What does Debord predict will become the driving force of the American economy is the second half of the twentieth century?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Technology.
(c) Media.
(d) Culture.

13. What does Debord say is the most revolutionary idea concerning city planning?
(a) Workers' councils.
(b) Neighborhoods.
(c) Governments.
(d) Urban centers.

14. What is strictly a secondary consideration of time by the modern production system in Chapter 6?
(a) Organic element.
(b) Biological element.
(c) Mechanical element.
(d) Historical element.

15. In thesis 173, who is architecture now being specifically created for?
(a) Royalty.
(b) The poor.
(c) The ruling class.
(d) Governments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruge doubt he will see in his lifetime?

2. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?

3. Where was universal history born, according to Chapter 7?

4. The spectacular power corrupts its subordinates through ____________ in Chapter 8.

5. What do societies focus on in Chapter 5 to enable them to span time?

(see the answer keys)

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