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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 believe the unity of poverty conceals?
(a) Unity.
(b) Violence.
(c) Antagonism.
(d) Freedom.

2. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Touch.
(b) Scent.
(c) Sight.
(d) Hearing.

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

4. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Medieval period.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) Modern Russia.

5. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?
(a) The sun.
(b) The stars.
(c) The universe.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Russia, the Communist party takeover happened under _________.

2. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?

3. The rise of __________ Communism exposes the lie of it being an international ideology, according to Chapter 4.

4. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?

5. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?

(see the answer key)

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