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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Proletariat as Subject and as Representation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Debord says that survival can gild poverty, but it cannot ___________ it.
(a) Rationalize.
(b) Overcome.
(c) Validate.
(d) Transcend.

2. Production was initially a means of what?
(a) Surplus.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Survival.
(d) Abundance.

3. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?
(a) In the spectacle's light.
(b) In a consumer's imagination.
(c) In a consumer's home.
(d) In the harsh light of reality.

4. The economy's __________ as an independent power also spells its doom, according to Debord.
(a) Truth.
(b) Perception.
(c) Pinnacle.
(d) Triumph.

5. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Desire.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Need.
(d) Dissatisfaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?

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

3. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?

4. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.

5. Debord saw Hegel's role as one of a _____________.

(see the answer key)

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