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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. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?

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

3. What does the commodity's mechanical accumulation unleash in Chapter 3?

4. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?

5. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did Hegel have in interpreting the world?

2. How does Debord believe the spectacle emerges as the totality of social life?

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

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

5. What role does Debord believe celebrity plays in the spectacle?

6. What effect did education of the proletariat have on revolution, according to Debord?

7. How is a celebrity viewed by Debord as an individual within the spectacle?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between production and the economy described by Debord, in terms of moving from survival to surplus?

Essay Topic 2

What is the meaning behind the title of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the destructive force of the commodity within the spectacle and the effect Debord believes this has on the consumer.

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