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

2. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
(a) Media stars.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Workers.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?

3. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?

4. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?

5. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.

(see the answer key)

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