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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of alienation does Debord believe the spectacle specializes in?
(a) Self.
(b) Spatial.
(c) Total.
(d) Linear.

3. What does Debord use as an example of the spectacle in his discussion of life and death in Chapter 6?
(a) Cremations.
(b) Life insurance.
(c) Cryogenics.
(d) Funerals.

4. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Ruge.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Marx.

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

6. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.
(a) Minimalism.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Impressionism.
(d) Dadaism.

7. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?
(a) Synthesize.
(b) Ignore.
(c) Abolish.
(d) Embrace.

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

9. The creation of the pseudo community goes right into the heart of the _______ in Chapter 7.
(a) Religious power.
(b) Political wealth.
(c) Family cell.
(d) Urban center.

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

11. What seeks to supersede all elements of historic time in Debord's opinion?
(a) Revolutionary thought.
(b) Political power.
(c) Spectacular society.
(d) Economic imperative.

12. In previous periods, who does Debord say architectural innovation served?
(a) Governments.
(b) The poor.
(c) Royalty.
(d) The ruling class.

13. Chapter 5 compares cyclical time and ________ time.
(a) Political.
(b) Irreversible.
(c) Historic.
(d) Spectacular.

14. How many hours a day does Debord estimate Americans spend watching television?
(a) 3 to 6.
(b) 1 to 3.
(c) 6 to 9.
(d) 2 to 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The revolution will restore what in terms of travel and place, according to Chapter 7?

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

3. What does Debord predict will become the driving force of the American economy is the second half of the twentieth century?

4. What does Ruge doubt he will see in his lifetime?

5. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

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