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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Desire.
(b) Dissatisfaction.
(c) Need.
(d) Satisfaction.

2. Debord says that survival can gild poverty, but it cannot ___________ it.
(a) Transcend.
(b) Rationalize.
(c) Validate.
(d) Overcome.

3. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?
(a) Alienation.
(b) Productivity.
(c) Hope.
(d) Time.

4. Debord saw Hegel's role as one of a _____________.
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Economist.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Innovator.

5. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Global unity.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Global domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.

2. Marx favored what method to establish a socialist society?

3. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?

4. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?

5. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the quote by Lukacs at the beginning of Chapter 2, what does the commodity represent in society?

2. What is the dichotomy of the spectacle, according to thesis 8?

3. What historical moment does the spectacle correspond to, according to Debord?

4. What are the byproducts of celebrity, according to Chapter 3?

5. What is the commodity cycle within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

6. How is the "commodity world" shown for what it really is, in Debord's opinion?

7. What is the difference between socialist revolution and anarchist revolution in Chapter 4?

8. Why is the loss of quality so obvious at every level of the language of the spectacle in Chapter 2?

9. How does Debord believe the spectacle negates life?

10. What is the spectrum of the spectacle that Debord describes?

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