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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Time and History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an illusion of production in thesis 27?
(a) Productivity.
(b) Time.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Leisure.

2. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?
(a) Labor sold.
(b) Humantiy.
(c) Production.
(d) Social interaction.

3. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Non-value.
(b) Perceived value.
(c) Exchange value.
(d) Production value.

4. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Fantastical.
(c) Quantum.
(d) Mythological.

5. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Respecting.
(c) Loving.
(d) Learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?

2. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?

3. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?

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

5. Debord believes political economy never considers the worker in his what?

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