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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 does urbanism institute as it destroys the cities in Chapter 7?
(a) Pseudo-cities.
(b) Pseudo-culture.
(c) Pseudo-wealth.
(d) Pseudo-countryside.

2. According to thesis 21, what is a social necessity?
(a) Respecting.
(b) Loving.
(c) Learning.
(d) Dreaming.

3. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?
(a) Renaissance.
(b) Roman.
(c) Middle Ages.
(d) Ancient Greece.

4. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) Medieval period.
(d) Modern Russia.

5. What does Debord use as an example of the spectacle in his discussion of life and death in Chapter 6?
(a) Cryogenics.
(b) Funerals.
(c) Cremations.
(d) Life insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.

2. What is a necessary part of an abundant society, according to Chapter 8?

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

4. What is strictly a secondary consideration of time by the modern production system in Chapter 6?

5. What is the pilot product of the first stage of commodity abundance, according to Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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