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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. Marx favored what method to establish a socialist society?
(a) Military coup.
(b) Political campaign.
(c) Totalitarian authority.
(d) Gradual process.

2. What two poles does Debord believe the history of economy has turned on?
(a) Town and country.
(b) Rich and poor.
(c) North and south.
(d) Rulers and subjects.

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

4. Debord sees the proletarian revolution as the critique of ________.
(a) Education imperatives.
(b) Religious power.
(c) Political systems.
(d) Human geography.

5. What is strictly a secondary consideration of time by the modern production system in Chapter 6?
(a) Historical element.
(b) Mechanical element.
(c) Biological element.
(d) Organic element.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the product of the leisure of localizations in Chapter 7?

2. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?

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

4. In previous periods, who does Debord say architectural innovation served?

5. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?

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