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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 Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.
(a) Hope.
(b) Folly.
(c) Power.
(d) Weakness.

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

3. In the quote from Red Flag at the beginning of Chapter 3, there is the proletarian conception and the _________ conception.
(a) Socialist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Dictator
(d) Bourgeois.

4. Debord saw Hegel's role as one of a _____________.
(a) Economist.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Innovator.
(d) Philosopher.

5. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Prudence.
(c) Duplicity.
(d) Hegemony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?

2. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?

3. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?

4. In thesis 13, the spectacle is essentially what?

5. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.

(see the answer key)

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