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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Negation and Consumption within Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Debord, urbanization is __________.
(a) Leisure.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Tourism.

3. In spectacular society, ___________ of time gives way to real time, according to Chapter 6.
(a) Illusions.
(b) Promises.
(c) Representations.
(d) Advertisements.

4. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) Greece.
(b) England.
(c) Rome.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?

2. The rise of __________ Communism exposes the lie of it being an international ideology, according to Chapter 4.

3. The development of ___________ created a unified history devoid of real time in Chapter 5.

4. According to Debord, each new product is supposed to offer a shortcut to the promised land of what?

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

(see the answer key)

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