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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. What is the most important unit in the packaged commodity of time, according to Debord?
(a) Production.
(b) Labor.
(c) History.
(d) Leisure.

2. According to Debord, workers exchange production time for what commodity?
(a) Safety.
(b) Leisure.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

3. Culture is defined as what in Chapter 8?
(a) History.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Politics.
(d) Revolution.

4. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?
(a) Governments.
(b) Shopping centers.
(c) Schools.
(d) Churches.

5. What does Debord say planned environments have created?
(a) Artificial peasantry.
(b) Unity.
(c) Classless society.
(d) Royalty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cyclical time started with what group of people in Chapter 5?

2. What is the pilot product of the first stage of commodity abundance, according to Chapter 7?

3. In spectacular society, ___________ of time gives way to real time, according to Chapter 6.

4. What does Debord say is the most revolutionary idea concerning city planning?

5. What two poles does Debord believe the history of economy has turned on?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Debord believe the pilgrim is a representation of a person leaving cyclical time?

2. What has the capitalist production system done to space in society, according to Chapter 7?

3. How does Debord describe fascism?

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

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

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

7. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

8. What is the pseudo countryside, according to Debord?

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

10. What role does Debord believe leisure plays in spectacular society?

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