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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. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?
(a) Believing.
(b) Hoping.
(c) Living.
(d) Thinking.

2. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Young.
(b) Old.
(c) Wise.
(d) Naive.

3. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?
(a) A foe.
(b) A social relationship.
(c) A political system.
(d) A monster.

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

5. To Marx, the __________ was more important than the law.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Struggle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two kinds of revolution described in Chapter 4?

2. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?

3. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.

4. What did Hegel interpret according to Chapter 4?

5. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?

(see the answer key)

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