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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. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?
(a) Citizen.
(b) Consumer.
(c) Producer.
(d) Voter.

2. According to Debord, Marxism was mutilated by what?
(a) Capitalistic domination.
(b) Communism.
(c) Political economy.
(d) Facism.

3. What ushers in the class struggles of the long revolutionary periods, according to Hegel?
(a) Communism.
(b) Bourgeoisie.
(c) Proletariat.
(d) Socialism.

4. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Global domination.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Global unity.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?
(a) Sorcerer.
(b) Old friend.
(c) Statesman.
(d) Old enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?

2. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?

3. What item does Debord use in Chapter 3 to demonstrate a fad?

4. Debord believes political economy never considers the worker in his what?

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

(see the answer key)

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