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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 Russia, the Communist party takeover happened under _________.
(a) Stalin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Lenin.
(d) Marx.
2. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Family.
(c) Governments.
(d) Rules.
3. Cyclical time started with what group of people in Chapter 5?
(a) Pilgrims.
(b) Proletariat.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Bourgeoisie.
4. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?
(a) Illogical.
(b) Symantic.
(c) Systematic.
(d) Tautological.
5. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Marx.
(b) Ruge.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Hegel.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
2. According to Debord, workers exchange production time for what commodity?
3. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.
4. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?
5. What science did the Utopians take as their model?
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