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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In thesis 20, the spectacle is the material reconstruction of what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Economics.
(d) Politics.

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

3. The specialization of _____ is the root of the spectacle, as described in Chapter 1.
(a) Production.
(b) Power.
(c) Fame.
(d) Fanatics.

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

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

6. As man creates his own world, the more drastically Debord believes he is cut off from what?
(a) Death.
(b) Education.
(c) Production.
(d) Life.

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

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

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

10. In thesis 13, Debord compares the spectacle to what?
(a) The universe.
(b) The sun.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

11. Debord sees Marxist theory as what?
(a) Historic.
(b) Innovative.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Philosophic.

12. According to Debord, each new product is supposed to offer a shortcut to the promised land of what?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Power.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Freedom.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the spectacle, society does not need to exercise economic ______ in Chapter 3.

2. According to Debord, Marxism was mutilated by what?

3. What is the tendency that the spectacle creates for the planet to function under a single field of operation, according to Debord?

4. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?

5. Through production, Debord sees the economy is based on __________.

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