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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Proletariat as Subject and as Representation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.
(a) Mythological.
(b) Fantastical.
(c) Quantum.
(d) Metaphysical.

2. What science did the Utopians take as their model?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Economics.
(d) Anthropology.

3. Debord sees Marxist theory as what?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Historic.
(c) Innovative.
(d) Philosophic.

4. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Jefferson.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Washington.

5. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?
(a) Negotiation.
(b) Automation.
(c) Annihilation.
(d) Negation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?

2. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?

3. In thesis 16, Debord refers to the spectacle as a what?

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

5. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?

(see the answer key)

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