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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Negation and Consumption within Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Hegel.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Ruge.
(d) Marx.

2. What era does Debord say was obsessed with death?
(a) Middle Ages.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Ancient Rome.

3. The unification of culture has led to the demise of art and _________ in Chapter 8.
(a) History.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Language.

4. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Ancient Rome.
(b) Medieval period.
(c) Modern Russia.
(d) Ancient Greece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?

2. Debord sees Marxist theory as what?

3. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?

4. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

5. What does Debord predict will become the driving force of the American economy is the second half of the twentieth century?

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