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

2. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Time.
(b) Need.
(c) Capital.
(d) Hope.

3. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Facism.
(d) Socialism.

4. The commodity is exclusively what in nature, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Objective.
(b) Qualitative.
(c) Quantitative.
(d) Subjective.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?

3. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

4. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

5. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?

(see the answer key)

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