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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. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?
(a) The stars.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) The universe.

2. In thesis 16, Debord refers to the spectacle as a what?
(a) Plague.
(b) Lake.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Train.

3. Debord says that survival can gild poverty, but it cannot ___________ it.
(a) Rationalize.
(b) Overcome.
(c) Transcend.
(d) Validate.

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

5. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?
(a) A schneidel.
(b) A weltanschauung.
(c) A schnell.
(d) A wachenburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?

2. The commodity is exclusively what in nature, according to Chapter 2?

3. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?

4. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?

5. The economy's __________ as an independent power also spells its doom, according to Debord.

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