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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 abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.
(a) Survival negated.
(b) Survival supplemented.
(c) Super-survival.
(d) Augmented survival.

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

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

4. In thesis 16, Debord refers to the spectacle as a what?
(a) Train.
(b) Plague.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Lake.

5. In thesis 35, the commodity abounds in ____________subtleties.
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Fantastical.
(c) Mythological.
(d) Quantum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marx favored what method to establish a socialist society?

2. What does Debord believe is ever-present in the process of the production of things?

3. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?

4. Bakunin favored what method to establish a socialist society?

5. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?

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