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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Unity and Division within Appearance.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Scent.
(d) Hearing.

2. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?
(a) Hoping.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Believing.
(d) Living.

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

4. Who was the general responsible for the battle of Kursk?
(a) Stalin.
(b) Lenin.
(c) Khrushchev.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?

2. The continual process of product replacement leads to what in Chapter 3?

3. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?

4. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.

5. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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