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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 is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?
(a) Negotiation.
(b) Annihilation.
(c) Automation.
(d) Negation.

2. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.
(a) Fame.
(b) Production.
(c) Power.
(d) Fanatics.

3. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Governments.
(c) Rules.
(d) Family.

4. According to thesis 55, struggles between forces have been established for the purpose of running what?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Political system.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Socioeconomic system.

5. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?
(a) A wachenburg.
(b) A schnell.
(c) A schneidel.
(d) A weltanschauung.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

2. What did Hegel interpret according to Chapter 4?

3. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?

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

5. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

(see the answer key)

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