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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The spectacular power corrupts its subordinates through ____________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Bribery.
(b) Threats.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Praise.

2. Art's declaration of what was both its beginning and its end, according to Debord?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Politics.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Independence.

3. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?
(a) Roman.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Middle Ages.

4. What was the first ruling class for which labor was a value, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Bourgeoisie.
(b) Ancient Romans.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Political kings.

5. The religious appeal to God is analogous to the peasant appeal to the ______, according to Chapter 5.
(a) King.
(b) Political power.
(c) Feudal lord.
(d) Guild.

6. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?
(a) Marx.
(b) Debord.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Hegel.

7. What do societies focus on in Chapter 5 to enable them to span time?
(a) Money.
(b) Learning.
(c) Technology.
(d) Writing.

8. What does Debord believe is ever-present in the process of the production of things?
(a) Innovation.
(b) Desire.
(c) Need.
(d) Technology.

9. Debord says the study of what is not enough to change the spectacle?
(a) Sociology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Theology.
(d) Anthropology.

10. Cyclical time is rooted in what kind of labor in Chapter 5?
(a) Military.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Production.
(d) Political.

11. According to Debord, urbanization is __________.
(a) Alienation.
(b) Tourism.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Leisure.

12. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Revolution.
(c) History.
(d) Politics.

13. What is the pilot product of the first stage of commodity abundance, according to Chapter 7?
(a) The washer.
(b) The train.
(c) The printing press.
(d) The automobile.

14. Debord believes that pseudo-cyclical time is transformed by what?
(a) History.
(b) Industry.
(c) Spectacle.
(d) Politics.

15. What does thesis 207 say is necessary for the progress of ideas?
(a) Originality.
(b) Progress.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Research.

Short Answer Questions

1. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

2. The unified critique of culture includes the culture of knowledge and the culture of _____, according to Debord.

3. Critical theory has to be communicated in the language of __________ in Chapter 8.

4. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?

5. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?

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