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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 two poles does Debord believe the history of economy has turned on?
(a) Rulers and subjects.
(b) Rich and poor.
(c) Town and country.
(d) North and south.

2. What is the pilot product of the first stage of commodity abundance, according to Chapter 7?
(a) The washer.
(b) The train.
(c) The automobile.
(d) The printing press.

3. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?
(a) Economic imperative.
(b) Spectacular society.
(c) Historical life.
(d) Political power.

4. According to thesis 165, the power to __________ is what has battered down the walls between physical places in society.
(a) Homogenize.
(b) Conceal.
(c) Disrupt.
(d) Legitimatize.

5. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?
(a) Governments.
(b) Shopping centers.
(c) Churches.
(d) Schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a necessary part of an abundant society, according to Chapter 8?

2. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?

3. Debord uses whose definition of culture in Chapter 8?

4. Which philosopher is referred to in thesis 206?

5. Which Shakespeare play does Chapter 5 quote?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two aspects of culture that were lost as culture ended, according to Chapter 8?

2. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

3. What question is being raised by a school of sociology originating in America in Chapter 8?

4. Why has Christianity been successful at adapting to spectacular society in Debord's view?

5. What is culture, according to Debord?

6. What is the relationship between time and labor in Chapter 6?

7. Why do societies organize time, according to Debord?

8. How is production time only pseudo-cyclical in Chapter 6?

9. What is the pseudo countryside, according to Debord?

10. What are the alienating factors of urbanization in Chapter 7?

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