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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the economy of the commodity, the worker has a new role as what in Chapter 2?

2. In thesis 5, the spectacle should be viewed as what?

3. In Debord's opinion, the spectacle is an heir to the ______ of Western philosophy.

4. The spectacle in thesis 4 is described as what?

5. What becomes a commodity in the economics of affluence, according to Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Debord believe the spectacle negates life?

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

3. In Chapter 2, how have the forces of production changed the basis for human development?

4. What becomes the only economic necessity as social labor grows in Chapter 2?

5. How is the "commodity world" shown for what it really is, in Debord's opinion?

6. What are the byproducts of celebrity, according to Chapter 3?

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

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

9. How does Debord believe the spectacle emerges as the totality of social life?

10. What does Debord mean when he says that the spectacle should be viewed as "a weltanschauung"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of The Society of the Spectacle? What is the greater truth that Debord illustrates?

Essay Topic 2

What is ironic in both the tone and content of The Society of the Spectacle?

Essay Topic 3

What is the extended metaphor that the spectacle represents?

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