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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. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?
(a) Contemplation.
(b) Control.
(c) Culture.
(d) Power.

2. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.
(a) Survival supplemented.
(b) Augmented survival.
(c) Super-survival.
(d) Survival negated.

3. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?
(a) Quantity.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Reason.
(d) Quality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.

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

3. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?

4. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?

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

(see the answer key)

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