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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. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?
(a) Social interaction.
(b) Labor sold.
(c) Production.
(d) Humantiy.

2. What era does Debord say was obsessed with death?
(a) Middle Ages.
(b) Renaissance.
(c) Ancient Rome.
(d) Ancient Greece.

3. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Time.
(b) Capital.
(c) Hope.
(d) Need.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What seeks to supersede all elements of historic time in Debord's opinion?

2. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?

3. Debord believes that pseudo-cyclical time is transformed by what?

4. According to Debord, workers exchange production time for what commodity?

5. Cyclical time is rooted in what kind of labor in Chapter 5?

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