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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Unity and Division within Appearance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?
(a) The government.
(b) The spectacle.
(c) Hope.
(d) Lies.

2. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?
(a) Education.
(b) Religion.
(c) Unification.
(d) Division.

3. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Hearing.
(d) Scent.

4. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Production value.
(b) Non-value.
(c) Exchange value.
(d) Perceived value.

5. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The periphery.
(b) The center.
(c) The bottom.
(d) The top.

Short Answer Questions

1. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.

2. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?

3. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

4. Debord believes political economy never considers the worker in his what?

5. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?

(see the answer key)

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