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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 1, life has become mere ________.
(a) Folly.
(b) Representations.
(c) Idols.
(d) Death.

2. Bakunin favored what method to establish a socialist society?
(a) Military coup.
(b) Totalitarian authority.
(c) Political campaign.
(d) Gradual process.

3. As it accumulates, where does Chapter 2 say that capital spreads to?
(a) The bottom.
(b) The periphery.
(c) The top.
(d) The center.

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

5. The economy's __________ as an independent power also spells its doom, according to Debord.
(a) Pinnacle.
(b) Truth.
(c) Triumph.
(d) Perception.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?

2. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?

3. What ushers in the class struggles of the long revolutionary periods, according to Hegel?

4. According to thesis 55, struggles between forces have been established for the purpose of running what?

5. Marx favored what method to establish a socialist society?

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