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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Debord sees Marxist theory as what?

3. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?

4. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.

5. In order to succeed, Debord says revolutionary theory must reject what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Debord mean when he says that the spectacle should be viewed as "a weltanschauung"?

3. What is the relationship between commodity and consumption within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

4. What is the struggle between proletarian conception and bourgeois conception, as it is described at the beginning of Chapter 3?

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

6. How does Debord believe the spectacle negates life?

7. What role do images play in the spectacle, as explained in thesis 2?

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

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

10. What does Debord mean when he says the spectacle is "the sun that never sets..." in thesis 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is ironic in both the tone and content of The Society of the Spectacle?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss proletariat and the bourgeoisie through the lens of Russia and how this impacted Debord's philosophies. Which of his views of Russia are colored by Marxist theories?

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship between commodity and celebrity, according to Debord? How are some of those themes echoed in modern American society?

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