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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. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?
(a) Unity.
(b) Violence.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Antagonism.

2. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Qua commodity.
(b) Il commodity.
(c) Quo commodity.
(d) Id commodity.

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

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

5. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Media stars.
(d) Workers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.

2. According to Debord, each new product is supposed to offer a shortcut to the promised land of what?

3. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.

4. Racism invests vulgar rankings in the hierarchies of consumption through a _______ superiority in Chapter 3.

5. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?

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