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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. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Marx.
(d) Debord.

2. In previous periods, who does Debord say architectural innovation served?
(a) The ruling class.
(b) The poor.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Governments.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of religion was a compromise between myth and history, according to Debord?

3. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?

4. What is the most important unit in the packaged commodity of time, according to Debord?

5. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christianity play a role in measuring global time, in Debord's opinion?

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

3. What is the importance of critical theory, according to Debord?

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

5. Where does the individual stand in historic time, according to Chapter 6?

6. How does Debord describe fascism?

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

8. What is culture, according to Debord?

9. What has the capitalist production system done to space in society, according to Chapter 7?

10. According to Debord, what is the problem when an ideology becomes the goal and not the means of a revolution?

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