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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In the world of advertising, it is forbidden to do what?
(a) Fail.
(b) Be young.
(c) Get old.
(d) Succeed.
2. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?
(a) Historical life.
(b) Spectacular society.
(c) Economic imperative.
(d) Political power.
3. In thesis 173, who is architecture now being specifically created for?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Governments.
(c) The poor.
(d) The ruling class.
4. What does thesis 207 say is necessary for the progress of ideas?
(a) Progress.
(b) Research.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Originality.
5. What two poles does Debord believe the history of economy has turned on?
(a) Rich and poor.
(b) Town and country.
(c) Rulers and subjects.
(d) North and south.
6. Debord considers _______ and surrealism to be the theoretical endpoint for Art.
(a) Baroque.
(b) Minimalism.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Impressionism.
7. What kind of religion was a compromise between myth and history, according to Debord?
(a) Monotheistic.
(b) Aetheistic.
(c) Polytheistic.
(d) Agnostic.
8. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Hegel.
(b) Machiavelli.
(c) Marx.
(d) Ruge.
9. What is the product of the leisure of localizations in Chapter 7?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Urbanization.
10. What does Debord say is the most revolutionary idea concerning city planning?
(a) Urban centers.
(b) Governments.
(c) Neighborhoods.
(d) Workers' councils.
11. What kind of pseudo-cyclical time is time in the spectacle, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Valuable.
(b) Useless.
(c) Consumable.
(d) Historic.
12. What does urbanism institute as it destroys the cities in Chapter 7?
(a) Pseudo-countryside.
(b) Pseudo-cities.
(c) Pseudo-wealth.
(d) Pseudo-culture.
13. Cyclical time is rooted in what kind of labor in Chapter 5?
(a) Military.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Political.
(d) Production.
14. What does Debord use as an example of the spectacle in his discussion of life and death in Chapter 6?
(a) Funerals.
(b) Cryogenics.
(c) Life insurance.
(d) Cremations.
15. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) England.
(b) Rome.
(c) Greece.
(d) America.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which philosopher is referred to in thesis 206?
2. Chapter 8 begins with a letter from Arnold Ruge to whom?
3. Production time is time ______ in Chapter 6.
4. How many hours a day does Debord estimate Americans spend watching television?
5. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?
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