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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ideology Materialized.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Art's declaration of what was both its beginning and its end, according to Debord?
(a) Independence.
(b) Politics.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Beauty.

2. Debord believes ideology becomes legitimized by _______.
(a) Fear.
(b) Money.
(c) Time.
(d) Victory.

3. What ideology does Debord believe relies on violent myth, pseudo-values, and archaic practices?
(a) Communism.
(b) Fascism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitalism.

4. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?
(a) A monster.
(b) A foe.
(c) A political system.
(d) A social relationship.

5. Which Shakespeare play does Chapter 5 quote?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Henry IV.
(d) Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. The spectacle preserves both materialism and ___________, in Debord's opinion.

2. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?

3. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?

4. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?

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

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