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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Spectacular Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?
(a) Political power.
(b) Historical life.
(c) Economic imperative.
(d) Spectacular society.

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

3. What does Debord use as an example of the spectacle in his discussion of life and death in Chapter 6?
(a) Life insurance.
(b) Cremations.
(c) Cryogenics.
(d) Funerals.

4. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Useful.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Precious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?

2. In Russia, the Communist party takeover happened under _________.

3. What does the quote at the beginning of Chapter 6 say that even the homeless can enjoy?

4. What does the commodity's mechanical accumulation unleash in Chapter 3?

5. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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