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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. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?
(a) Productivity.
(b) Hope.
(c) Time.
(d) Alienation.

2. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Systematic.
(c) Symantic.
(d) Illogical.

3. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.
(a) Weakness.
(b) Folly.
(c) Power.
(d) Hope.

4. What does Debord believe kept people from recognizing the emergence of an economy?
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Familiarity.
(d) Similarity.

5. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Learning.
(c) Loving.
(d) Respecting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?

2. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?

3. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

4. In the least industrialized regions, Debord believes dictatorships are felt in the form of what?

5. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.

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