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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. The creation of the pseudo community goes right into the heart of the _______ in Chapter 7.

2. What seeks to supersede all elements of historic time in Debord's opinion?

3. The unification of culture has led to the demise of art and _________ in Chapter 8.

4. What is the product of the leisure of localizations in Chapter 7?

5. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has the capitalist production system done to space in society, according to Chapter 7?

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

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

4. What does Debord see as the role of tourism in the society of the spectacle?

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

6. How does Debord describe fascism?

7. According to Debord, what is the problem when an ideology becomes the goal and not the means of a revolution?

8. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

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

10. What are the two aspects of culture that were lost as culture ended, according to Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between the spectacle and religion? How does the spectacle separate man from his spiritual self, according to Debord?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does the spectacle deny humanity? Why does Debord believe this more true for the proletariat than the bourgeoisie?

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