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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 does Debord say planned environments have created?
(a) Artificial peasantry.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Unity.
(d) Classless society.

2. Critical theory has to be communicated in the language of __________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Contradiction.
(b) Agreement.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hope.

3. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?
(a) Embrace.
(b) Synthesize.
(c) Ignore.
(d) Abolish.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?

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

3. The unified critique of culture includes the culture of knowledge and the culture of _____, according to Debord.

4. What kind of religion was a compromise between myth and history, according to Debord?

5. What is modern society's obsession with time, as described in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the new architecture that Debord contends is specifically designed for the poor?

2. What is the pseudo countryside, according to Debord?

3. What is the relationship between time and the bourgeoisie, according to Debord?

4. How does Christianity play a role in measuring global time, in Debord's opinion?

5. What is the importance of critical theory, according to Debord?

6. Why does Debord believe the pilgrim is a representation of a person leaving cyclical time?

7. Why has Christianity been successful at adapting to spectacular society in Debord's view?

8. Why do societies organize time, according to Debord?

9. What question is being raised by a school of sociology originating in America in Chapter 8?

10. What role does Debord believe leisure plays in spectacular society?

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