The Society of the Spectacle Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Society of the Spectacle Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of alienation does Debord believe the spectacle specializes in?
(a) Spatial.
(b) Total.
(c) Linear.
(d) Self.

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

3. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Hegel.
(b) Ruge.
(c) Marx.
(d) Machiavelli.

4. Who does Debord believe urbanism effectively and dangerously masses together?
(a) The workers.
(b) The army.
(c) The bourgeoisie.
(d) The power.

5. Debord characterizes time in a classless society as being what?
(a) Useless.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Boring.
(d) Playful.

6. What seeks to supersede all elements of historic time in Debord's opinion?
(a) Economic imperative.
(b) Spectacular society.
(c) Revolutionary thought.
(d) Political power.

7. Chapter 8 begins with a letter from Arnold Ruge to whom?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Stalin.
(c) Marx.
(d) Debord.

8. What is the product of the leisure of localizations in Chapter 7?
(a) Alienation.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Urbanization.

9. What do societies focus on in Chapter 5 to enable them to span time?
(a) Money.
(b) Technology.
(c) Learning.
(d) Writing.

10. What does Ruge doubt he will see in his lifetime?
(a) Society of the spectacle.
(b) Bourgeoisie power.
(c) Political revolution.
(d) Production equlity.

11. The development of ___________ created a unified history devoid of real time in Chapter 5.
(a) Communism.
(b) Facism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

12. Art's declaration of what was both its beginning and its end, according to Debord?
(a) Independence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Politics.
(d) Beauty.

13. What is the most important unit in the packaged commodity of time, according to Debord?
(a) Leisure.
(b) History.
(c) Production.
(d) Labor.

14. What does Debord say is the most revolutionary idea concerning city planning?
(a) Neighborhoods.
(b) Urban centers.
(c) Governments.
(d) Workers' councils.

15. What does the quote at the beginning of Chapter 6 say that even the homeless can enjoy?
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Time.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 173, who is architecture now being specifically created for?

2. Cyclical time started with what group of people in Chapter 5?

3. In the world of advertising, it is forbidden to do what?

4. Debord uses whose definition of culture in Chapter 8?

5. What necessity is carefully concealed in the grand style of Debord's era?

(see the answer keys)

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