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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 1, life has become mere ________.
(a) Folly.
(b) Idols.
(c) Representations.
(d) Death.

2. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.
(a) Quantum.
(b) Fantastical.
(c) Metaphysical.
(d) Mythological.

3. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.
(a) Leader.
(b) Dogma.
(c) Truth.
(d) Reality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?

2. The continual process of product replacement leads to what in Chapter 3?

3. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?

4. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?

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

(see the answer key)

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