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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Dissatisfaction.
(c) Desire.
(d) Need.

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

4. According to thesis 55, struggles between forces have been established for the purpose of running what?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Socioeconomic system.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Political system.

5. What does the spectacle accumulate to the point where it becomes an image in Chapter 1?
(a) Capital.
(b) Hope.
(c) Need.
(d) Time.

6. What is the pivotal issue that Debord thinks is ignored in revolutionary theory?
(a) Production.
(b) Longevity.
(c) Organization.
(d) Military.

7. What did Hegel interpret according to Chapter 4?
(a) Communist revolution.
(b) Socialistic obscurity.
(c) Capitalistic domination.
(d) World transformation.

8. Who was the general responsible for the battle of Kursk?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

10. Debord believes the origin of the spectacle lies in the world's loss of what?
(a) Unity.
(b) Fear.
(c) Separation.
(d) Hope.

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

12. In the beginning of Chapter 2, Debord refers to commodity as what?
(a) Old enemy.
(b) Statesman.
(c) Old friend.
(d) Sorcerer.

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

14. What ushers in the class struggles of the long revolutionary periods, according to Hegel?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Bourgeoisie.
(c) Communism.
(d) Proletariat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

2. In Debord's opinion, what does the spectacle manufacture?

3. What year did Marx's revolution fail?

4. Bakunin favored what method to establish a socialist society?

5. What does Debord believe the commodity excludes?

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