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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. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Loving.
(c) Learning.
(d) Respecting.

2. In thesis 4, images _________ the spectacle.
(a) Mediate.
(b) Clarify.
(c) Represent.
(d) Distort.

3. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?
(a) Division.
(b) Education.
(c) Unification.
(d) Religion.

4. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Desire.
(c) Dissatisfaction.
(d) Need.

5. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.
(a) Production.
(b) Fanatics.
(c) Fame.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?

3. According to thesis 55, struggles between forces have been established for the purpose of running what?

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

5. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?

(see the answer key)

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