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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?
(a) Consumer.
(b) Producer.
(c) Citizen.
(d) Voter.

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

3. Dictatorships must be attended by permanent what, according to Debord?
(a) Unity.
(b) Violence.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Antagonism.

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

5. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Perceived value.
(b) Non-value.
(c) Exchange value.
(d) Production value.

6. What does Debord see as the beginning and the end of the spectacle?
(a) Separation.
(b) Hope.
(c) Fear.
(d) Unity.

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

8. Marx favored what method to establish a socialist society?
(a) Political campaign.
(b) Gradual process.
(c) Totalitarian authority.
(d) Military coup.

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

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

11. What does Debord believe is the chief mechanism for passing on class power?
(a) Governments.
(b) Family.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Rules.

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

13. When did the bourgeoisie develop its autonomous economic power, according to Chapter 4?
(a) Medieval period.
(b) Ancient Rome.
(c) Modern Russia.
(d) Ancient Greece.

14. Who does Debord see as representing the essence of the spectacle's banality?
(a) Presidents.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Media stars.
(d) Workers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, the spectacle is the epic strife that no fall of ______ can bring to an end.

2. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?

3. What is the negative form of the consciousness of desire, in Debord's opinion?

4. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?

5. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?

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