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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.
(a) Weakness.
(b) Power.
(c) Folly.
(d) Hope.

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

3. Who was the general responsible for the battle of Kursk?
(a) Lenin.
(b) Khrushchev.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Eisenhower.

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

5. What role does Debord believe money plays in commodity?
(a) Emissary.
(b) Lifeguard.
(c) Diplomat.
(d) Counselor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Debord believe kept people from recognizing the emergence of an economy?

2. In thesis 4, images _________ the spectacle.

3. Racism invests vulgar rankings in the hierarchies of consumption through a _______ superiority in Chapter 3.

4. What year did Marx's revolution fail?

5. Debord believes the spectacle uses money for what only?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is a celebrity viewed by Debord as an individual within the spectacle?

2. What are the paradoxes of the spectacle, as described at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What is the spectrum of the spectacle that Debord describes?

4. What does Debord see as the difference between Marx and Hegel?

5. What role do images play in the spectacle, as explained in thesis 2?

6. What does Debord mean when he says the spectacle is "the sun that never sets..." in thesis 13?

7. What is the commodity cycle within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

8. How does the spectacle "epitomize the prevailing model of social life," according to Debord?

9. What is the relationship between commodity and consumption within the spectacle, according to Chapter 3?

10. How has the commodity turned the whole planet into a single world market, according to Debord?

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