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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. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?
(a) Learning.
(b) Respecting.
(c) Dreaming.
(d) Loving.
2. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Naive.
(b) Old.
(c) Young.
(d) Wise.
3. Debord sees Marxist theory as what?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Historic.
(c) Philosophic.
(d) Innovative.
4. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?
(a) Organization.
(b) Military.
(c) Production.
(d) Longevity.
5. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Hope.
(c) Separation.
(d) Unity.
Short Answer Questions
1. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
2. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?
3. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?
4. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
5. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
Short Essay Questions
1. What three things does the spectacle become, as explained in thesis 3?
2. How is a celebrity viewed by Debord as an individual within the spectacle?
3. What is the dichotomy of the spectacle, according to thesis 8?
4. How has the commodity turned the whole planet into a single world market, according to Debord?
5. How does the spectacle "epitomize the prevailing model of social life," according to Debord?
6. How has the spectacle evolved from a state of being to a state of appearing, according to Debord?
7. What role does Debord believe celebrity plays in the spectacle?
8. What is the commodity cycle within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?
9. In Chapter 2, how have the forces of production changed the basis for human development?
10. What effect did education of the proletariat have on revolution, according to Debord?
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