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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does thesis 207 say is necessary for the progress of ideas?
(a) Originality.
(b) Progress.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Research.
2. What does urbanism institute as it destroys the cities in Chapter 7?
(a) Pseudo-countryside.
(b) Pseudo-wealth.
(c) Pseudo-culture.
(d) Pseudo-cities.
3. What do societies focus on in Chapter 5 to enable them to span time?
(a) Money.
(b) Technology.
(c) Writing.
(d) Learning.
4. Who does Debord believe urbanism effectively and dangerously masses together?
(a) The army.
(b) The workers.
(c) The bourgeoisie.
(d) The power.
5. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Ruge.
(b) Marx.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Hegel.
6. Debord characterizes time in a classless society as being what?
(a) Powerful.
(b) Useless.
(c) Playful.
(d) Boring.
7. Critical theory has to be communicated in the language of __________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Agreement.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hope.
(d) Contradiction.
8. Art's declaration of what was both its beginning and its end, according to Debord?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Independence.
(d) Politics.
9. Debord uses whose definition of culture in Chapter 8?
(a) Marx.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Ruge.
10. What necessity is carefully concealed in the grand style of Debord's era?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Power.
(c) Complacency.
(d) Revolution.
11. Production time is time ______ in Chapter 6.
(a) Qualified.
(b) Valued.
(c) Quantified.
(d) Devalued.
12. The unification of culture has led to the demise of art and _________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Language.
(b) History.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Knowledge.
13. What religion does Debord believe is successful at adapting to spectacular society?
(a) Mythology
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Buddhism.
14. What was the first ruling class for which labor was a value, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Bourgeoisie.
(b) Political kings.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Ancient Romans.
15. What does Debord use as an example of the spectacle in his discussion of life and death in Chapter 6?
(a) Life insurance.
(b) Cryogenics.
(c) Funerals.
(d) Cremations.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
2. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?
3. What does Debord believe is the star commodity in the society of the spectacle?
4. What is a necessary part of an abundant society, according to Chapter 8?
5. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?
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