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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. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?
(a) A political system.
(b) A social relationship.
(c) A monster.
(d) A foe.

2. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?
(a) Production.
(b) Military.
(c) Longevity.
(d) Organization.

3. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Separation.
(d) Unity.

4. What ushers in the class struggles of the long revolutionary periods, according to Hegel?
(a) Bourgeoisie.
(b) Proletariat.
(c) Communism.
(d) Socialism.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?
(a) Sorcerer.
(b) Old friend.
(c) Old enemy.
(d) Statesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?

2. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?

3. What does the commodity's mechanical accumulation unleash in Chapter 3?

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

5. What is an illusion of production in thesis 27?

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