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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through the commodity, what established itself as the dominant science in Debord's opinion?
(a) Economics.
(b) Political economy.
(c) Political sociology.
(d) Astronomy.

2. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?
(a) Emissary.
(b) Counselor.
(c) Lifeguard.
(d) Diplomat.

3. Production was initially a means of what?
(a) Surplus.
(b) Abundance.
(c) Luxury.
(d) Survival.

4. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?
(a) Control.
(b) Culture.
(c) Contemplation.
(d) Power.

5. In thesis 3, the spectacle serves as a means of what in society?
(a) Division.
(b) Unification.
(c) Religion.
(d) Education.

6. Debord believes political economy never considers the worker in his what?
(a) Totality.
(b) Future.
(c) Humanity.
(d) Family.

7. What does Debord believe the unity of poverty conceals?
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Violence.
(c) Unity.
(d) Freedom.

8. What does Debord believes lies behind the glitter of the spectacle's distractions?
(a) Global unity.
(b) Emptiness.
(c) Global domination.
(d) Freedom.

9. Which of the senses does Debord believe the spectacle can manipulate the most?
(a) Touch.
(b) Sight.
(c) Scent.
(d) Hearing.

10. The abundance of commodity is no more than _____________, according to Chapter 2.
(a) Super-survival.
(b) Survival supplemented.
(c) Survival negated.
(d) Augmented survival.

11. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.
(a) Leader.
(b) Reality.
(c) Truth.
(d) Dogma.

12. Racism invests vulgar rankings in the hierarchies of consumption through a _______ superiority in Chapter 3.
(a) Logical.
(b) Mythological.
(c) Pedagogical.
(d) Ontological.

13. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.
(a) Daedeus.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Ilium.
(d) Apollo.

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

15. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?
(a) Social interaction.
(b) Labor sold.
(c) Production.
(d) Humantiy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 1, life has become mere ________.

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

3. In order to succeed, Debord says revolutionary theory must reject what?

4. Chapter 2 begins with a quote from ___.

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

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