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

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

3. Production was initially a means of what?
(a) Surplus.
(b) Abundance.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Survival.

4. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The periphery.
(b) The bottom.
(c) The center.
(d) The top.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bakunin favored what method to establish a socialist society?

3. To Marx, the __________ was more important than the law.

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

5. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?

(see the answer key)

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