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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Spectacular Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Abolish.
(c) Synthesize.
(d) Ignore.

2. Who was the general responsible for the battle of Kursk?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Khrushchev.

3. How many hours a day does Debord estimate Americans spend watching television?
(a) 2 to 4.
(b) 3 to 6.
(c) 6 to 9.
(d) 1 to 3.

4. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Washington.

5. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?
(a) Loss of self.
(b) Loss of history.
(c) Devalue of time.
(d) Abolition of classes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.

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

4. What is modern society's obsession with time, as described in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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