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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Unity and Division within Appearance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The commodity is exclusively what in nature, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Objective.
(b) Quantitative.
(c) Qualitative.
(d) Subjective.

2. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?
(a) Family.
(b) Governments.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Rules.

3. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.
(a) Duplicity.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Hegemony.

4. In thesis 4, images _________ the spectacle.
(a) Distort.
(b) Clarify.
(c) Mediate.
(d) Represent.

5. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The periphery.
(b) The top.
(c) The center.
(d) The bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?

2. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

3. In thesis 16, Debord refers to the spectacle as a what?

4. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.

5. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?

(see the answer key)

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