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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. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Falsehood.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Clarity.

2. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reality.
(d) Leader.

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

4. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.
(a) Lukacs.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Feuerbach.
(d) Ruge.

5. What ideology does Debord believe relies on violent myth, pseudo-values, and archaic practices?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?

2. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?

3. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?

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

5. Production was initially a means of what?

(see the answer key)

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