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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 religion does Debord believe is successful at adapting to spectacular society?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Mythology
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.

2. What does Ruge doubt he will see in his lifetime?
(a) Society of the spectacle.
(b) Bourgeoisie power.
(c) Production equlity.
(d) Political revolution.

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

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

5. Which Shakespeare play does Chapter 5 quote?
(a) Othello.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Henry IV.
(d) King Lear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Art's declaration of what was both its beginning and its end, according to Debord?

2. What is strictly a secondary consideration of time by the modern production system in Chapter 6?

3. Which philosopher is referred to in thesis 206?

4. What era does Debord say was obsessed with death?

5. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the two sides of culture that Debord proposes?

4. What is the new architecture that Debord contends is specifically designed for the poor?

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

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

7. Why does Debord believe the pilgrim is a representation of a person leaving cyclical time?

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

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

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

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