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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 historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Insubordination of social life.
(b) Isolation of humanity.
(c) Negation of humanity.
(d) Colonization of social life.

2. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Marx.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Debord.

3. What did Hegel interpret according to Chapter 4?
(a) Capitalistic domination.
(b) Communist revolution.
(c) Socialistic obscurity.
(d) World transformation.

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

5. According to Debord, workers exchange production time for what commodity?
(a) Safety.
(b) Money.
(c) Power.
(d) Leisure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of religion was a compromise between myth and history, according to Debord?

2. Who is representative of a person leaving cyclical time in Chapter 5?

3. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?

4. What does Debord say every Chinese person must study?

5. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?

(see the answer key)

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