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

2. What does thesis 207 say is necessary for the progress of ideas?
(a) Research.
(b) Originality.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Progress.

3. Chapter 7 starts with a quote by _________.
(a) Hegel.
(b) Ruge.
(c) Machiavelli.
(d) Marx.

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

5. What era does Debord believe de-sanctified power?
(a) Middle Ages.
(b) Roman.
(c) Renaissance.
(d) Ancient Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the temples of frenetic consumption in Chapter 7?

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

3. In thesis 173, who is architecture now being specifically created for?

4. The creation of the pseudo community goes right into the heart of the _______ in Chapter 7.

5. What is the most important unit in the packaged commodity of time, according to Debord?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

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

4. According to Debord, what is the problem when an ideology becomes the goal and not the means of a revolution?

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

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

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

8. What is the difference between cyclical time and irreversible time in Debord's opinion?

9. How does Debord describe fascism?

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

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