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

2. What period does Debord consider to be the beginning of Art?
(a) Minimalism.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Dadaism.
(d) Impressionism.

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

4. According to thesis 165, the power to __________ is what has battered down the walls between physical places in society.
(a) Disrupt.
(b) Homogenize.
(c) Legitimatize.
(d) Conceal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Debord say was obsessed with death?

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

3. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.

4. What kind of pseudo-cyclical time is time in the spectacle, according to Chapter 6?

5. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Debord describe fascism?

2. What are the alienating factors of urbanization in Chapter 7?

3. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

4. How is production time only pseudo-cyclical in Chapter 6?

5. What is the relationship between time and the bourgeoisie, according to Debord?

6. What is Debord's view on the progression of art?

7. Why do societies organize time, according to Debord?

8. Where does the individual stand in historic time, according to Chapter 6?

9. What does Debord see as the role of tourism in the society of the spectacle?

10. What is the new architecture that Debord contends is specifically designed for the poor?

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