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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Negation and Consumption within Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.
(a) Hercules.
(b) Ilium.
(c) Daedeus.
(d) Apollo.

2. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Ancient Rome.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Modern Russia.
(d) Medieval period.

3. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.
(a) Dadaism.
(b) Minimalism.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Baroque.

4. The creation of the pseudo community goes right into the heart of the _______ in Chapter 7.
(a) Family cell.
(b) Religious power.
(c) Political wealth.
(d) Urban center.

5. According to Debord, workers exchange production time for what commodity?
(a) Money.
(b) Safety.
(c) Leisure.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?

2. The revolution will restore what in terms of travel and place, according to Chapter 7?

3. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?

4. What does Debord say planned environments have created?

5. According to Debord, Marxism was mutilated by what?

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