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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. What is the chief product of present day society, according to Chapter 1?
(a) The spectacle.
(b) Hope.
(c) Lies.
(d) The government.

2. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Violence.
(c) Unity.
(d) Antagonism.

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

4. Debord believes that pseudo-cyclical time is transformed by what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Industry.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) History.

5. What kind of religion was a compromise between myth and history, according to Debord?
(a) Aetheistic.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Polytheistic.
(d) Monotheistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. The more a spectator contemplates life, the less Debord believes he is doing what?

2. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?

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

4. Chapter 5 compares cyclical time and ________ time.

5. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.

(see the answer key)

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