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

2. Production was initially a means of what?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Surplus.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Survival.

3. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Global domination.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Global unity.
(d) Freedom.

4. As man creates his own world, the more drastically Debord believes he is cut off from what?
(a) Production.
(b) Life.
(c) Education.
(d) Death.

5. What does Debord say every Chinese person must study?
(a) Confucius.
(b) Marx.
(c) Mao.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?

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

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

5. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?

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