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

2. Debord says that survival can gild poverty, but it cannot ___________ it.
(a) Rationalize.
(b) Transcend.
(c) Overcome.
(d) Validate.

3. The dynamism of capitalism is ruled by things that are what, in Chapter 3?
(a) Young.
(b) Old.
(c) Wise.
(d) Naive.

4. Fads make the commodity more and more what, according to Debord?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Precious.
(c) Useful.
(d) Necessary.

5. In previous periods, who does Debord say architectural innovation served?
(a) The ruling class.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Governments.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?

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

3. The commodity is valued as what, in Chapter 3?

4. What is the contradiction that commodity must resolve according to thesis 45?

5. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?

(see the answer key)

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