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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. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.
(a) Lukacs.
(b) Feuerbach.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Ruge.

2. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Economics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

3. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?
(a) The spectacle.
(b) Hope.
(c) Lies.
(d) The government.

4. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Separation.
(c) Unity.
(d) Fear.

5. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?
(a) Falsehood.
(b) Revelation.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Clarity.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?

2. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?

3. Production was initially a means of what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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