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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 commodity is exclusively what in nature, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Subjective.
(b) Objective.
(c) Qualitative.
(d) Quantitative.

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

3. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Capital.
(b) Need.
(c) Time.
(d) Hope.

4. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?
(a) Loss of self.
(b) Devalue of time.
(c) Loss of history.
(d) Abolition of classes.

5. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?
(a) Production.
(b) Labor sold.
(c) Humantiy.
(d) Social interaction.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?

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

5. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?

(see the answer key)

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