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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Insubordination.
(b) Proletarianization.
(c) Bondage.
(d) Freedom.

2. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Violence.
(d) Unity.

3. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?
(a) A weltanschauung.
(b) A schneidel.
(c) A schnell.
(d) A wachenburg.

4. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?
(a) Diplomat.
(b) Counselor.
(c) Lifeguard.
(d) Emissary.

5. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Time.
(b) Capital.
(c) Hope.
(d) Need.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to succeed, Debord says revolutionary theory must reject what?

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

3. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?

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

5. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is a celebrity viewed by Debord as an individual within the spectacle?

2. In Chapter 2, how have the forces of production changed the basis for human development?

3. What role does Debord believe celebrity plays in the spectacle?

4. What is the commodity cycle within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

5. How has the commodity turned the whole planet into a single world market, according to Debord?

6. Why is the loss of quality so obvious at every level of the language of the spectacle in Chapter 2?

7. What is the relationship between commodity and consumption within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

8. What historical moment does the spectacle correspond to, according to Debord?

9. How does Debord believe the spectacle negates life?

10. What role did Hegel have in interpreting the world?

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