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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of pseudo-cyclical time is time in the spectacle, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Valuable.
(b) Useless.
(c) Historic.
(d) Consumable.

2. Critical theory has to be communicated in the language of __________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Hope.
(b) Agreement.
(c) Fear.
(d) Contradiction.

3. Debord says the study of what is not enough to change the spectacle?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Anthropology.

4. The religious appeal to God is analogous to the peasant appeal to the ______, according to Chapter 5.
(a) Guild.
(b) Feudal lord.
(c) King.
(d) Political power.

5. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Marx.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Ruge.

6. What was the first ruling class for which labor was a value, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Bourgeoisie.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Political kings.
(d) Ancient Romans.

7. The revolution will restore what in terms of travel and place, according to Chapter 7?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Authentic journey.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Religious control.

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

9. Production time is time ______ in Chapter 6.
(a) Valued.
(b) Devalued.
(c) Qualified.
(d) Quantified.

10. Where was universal history born, according to Chapter 7?
(a) In countries.
(b) In dark corners.
(c) In kingdoms.
(d) In cities.

11. What kind of alienation does Debord believe the spectacle specializes in?
(a) Total.
(b) Self.
(c) Linear.
(d) Spatial.

12. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Abolish.
(c) Synthesize.
(d) Ignore.

13. What is modern society's obsession with time, as described in Chapter 6?
(a) Creating it.
(b) Inventing it.
(c) Using it.
(d) Saving it.

14. What necessity is carefully concealed in the grand style of Debord's era?
(a) Complacency.
(b) Power.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Royalty.

15. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) Greece.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does Debord believe is successful at adapting to spectacular society?

2. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.

3. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

4. Chapter 8 begins with a letter from Arnold Ruge to whom?

5. What does urbanism institute as it destroys the cities in Chapter 7?

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