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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. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?
(a) In the harsh light of reality.
(b) In a consumer's imagination.
(c) In the spectacle's light.
(d) In a consumer's home.

2. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?
(a) Washington.
(b) Kennedy.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Lincoln.

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

4. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?
(a) Unity.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Violence.

5. In the quote from Red Flag at the beginning of Chapter 3, there is the proletarian conception and the _________ conception.
(a) Bourgeois.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Dictator
(d) Communist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?

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

3. What is an illusion of production in thesis 27?

4. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?

5. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?

(see the answer key)

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