The Society of the Spectacle Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Society of the Spectacle Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
(a) Media stars.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Workers.
(d) Presidents.

3. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Ruge.
(c) Feuerbach.
(d) Lukacs.

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

5. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?
(a) The government.
(b) Lies.
(c) Hope.
(d) The spectacle.

6. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Colonization of social life.
(b) Isolation of humanity.
(c) Insubordination of social life.
(d) Negation of humanity.

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

8. In the least industrialized regions, Debord believes dictatorships are felt in the form of what?
(a) Fascist domination.
(b) Communism.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Imperial domination.

9. The continual process of product replacement leads to what in Chapter 3?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Desire.
(c) Fake gratification.
(d) True atonomy.

10. Debord believes political economy never considers the worker in his what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Family.
(c) Totality.
(d) Future.

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

12. What year did Marx's revolution fail?
(a) 1824.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1863.

13. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?
(a) Social interaction.
(b) Labor sold.
(c) Production.
(d) Humantiy.

14. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?
(a) Realm of fantasy.
(b) Economic power.
(c) Political power.
(d) Realm of appearance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?

3. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?

4. What did Hegel interpret according to Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer keys)

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