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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. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?
(a) Producer.
(b) Citizen.
(c) Voter.
(d) Consumer.

2. What does Debord say every Chinese person must study?
(a) Marx.
(b) Confucius.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Mao.

3. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?
(a) Quality.
(b) Quantity.
(c) Reason.
(d) Wealth.

4. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) Keychains.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Washers.

5. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Global unity.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Global domination.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?

2. What is an illusion of production in thesis 27?

3. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.

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

5. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?

(see the answer key)

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