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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. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.
(a) Quantitative development.
(b) Under-development.
(c) Qualitative development.
(d) Over-development.

2. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Precious.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Useful.

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

4. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?
(a) Automation.
(b) Annihilation.
(c) Negotiation.
(d) Negation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 4, images _________ the spectacle.

2. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?

3. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

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

5. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?

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