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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. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.
(a) Under-development.
(b) Over-development.
(c) Quantitative development.
(d) Qualitative development.

2. Debord states at the end of Chapter 6 that the world has the ______ of another kind of time.
(a) Focus.
(b) Power.
(c) Will.
(d) Dream.

3. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?
(a) Production.
(b) Longevity.
(c) Organization.
(d) Military.

4. What does Debord believe is ever-present in the process of the production of things?
(a) Need.
(b) Technology.
(c) Desire.
(d) Innovation.

5. Cyclical time started with what group of people in Chapter 5?
(a) Proletariat.
(b) Pilgrims.
(c) Nomads.
(d) Bourgeoisie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?

2. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?

3. The historical moment of the spectacle corresponds to when the commodity completes what, according to Chapter 2?

4. What are the two kinds of revolution described in Chapter 4?

5. To Marx, the __________ was more important than the law.

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