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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 see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Separation.
(d) Unity.

2. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Unity.
(c) Violence.
(d) Freedom.

3. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?
(a) Tautological.
(b) Symantic.
(c) Illogical.
(d) Systematic.

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

5. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Negation of humanity.
(b) Isolation of humanity.
(c) Insubordination of social life.
(d) Colonization of social life.

Short Answer Questions

1. As man creates his own world, the more drastically Debord believes he is cut off from what?

2. What ideology does Debord believe relies on violent myth, pseudo-values, and archaic practices?

3. In order to succeed, Debord says revolutionary theory must reject what?

4. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

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

(see the answer key)

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