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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. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?
(a) Realm of fantasy.
(b) Realm of appearance.
(c) Economic power.
(d) Political power.

2. In the least industrialized regions, Debord believes dictatorships are felt in the form of what?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Communism.
(c) Imperial domination.
(d) Fascist domination.

3. What science did the Utopians take as their model?
(a) Economics.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Anthropology.

4. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Opium.
(c) World.
(d) Consumer.

5. What is the one need of the political economy, according to Chapter 9?
(a) Money.
(b) Production.
(c) Time.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Debord believe new products evaporate into vulgarity?

2. What era does Debord say was obsessed with death?

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

4. The economy's __________ as an independent power also spells its doom, according to Debord.

5. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.

(see the answer key)

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