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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. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Political economy.
(c) Political sociology.
(d) Economics.

2. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.
(a) Consumer.
(b) World.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Opium.

3. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Scent.
(b) Touch.
(c) Sight.
(d) Hearing.

4. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.
(a) Qualitative development.
(b) Over-development.
(c) Quantitative development.
(d) Under-development.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Cyclical time is rooted in what kind of labor in Chapter 5?

2. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?

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

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

5. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?

(see the answer key)

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