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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. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?
(a) Marx.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Debord.
(d) Hegel.

2. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Colonization of social life.
(b) Insubordination of social life.
(c) Negation of humanity.
(d) Isolation of humanity.

3. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Economics.

4. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) Rome.
(b) Greece.
(c) America.
(d) England.

5. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Wise.
(b) Old.
(c) Naive.
(d) Young.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is representative of a person leaving cyclical time in Chapter 5?

3. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?

4. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?

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

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