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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Commodity as Spectacle.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?
(a) Believing.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Living.
(d) Hoping.

2. In thesis 16, Debord refers to the spectacle as a what?
(a) Plague.
(b) Train.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Lake.

3. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Negation of humanity.
(b) Colonization of social life.
(c) Insubordination of social life.
(d) Isolation of humanity.

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

5. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?
(a) Voter.
(b) Citizen.
(c) Consumer.
(d) Producer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?

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

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

4. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.

5. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.

(see the answer key)

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