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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. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The center.
(b) The periphery.
(c) The top.
(d) The bottom.

2. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Insubordination.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Proletarianization.
(d) Bondage.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?

2. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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