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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. In thesis 9, Debord says truth is a moment of what?

2. Who does Debord say delivered his own funeral oration in a sense?

3. What has arisen as the proxy of the use value of a commodity, according to Chapter 2?

4. The spectacle is quintessentially dogmatic, yet produces no solid _______, in Chapter 3.

5. What does Debord say every Chinese person must study?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What role does Debord believe celebrity plays in the spectacle?

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

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

5. What is the dichotomy of the spectacle, according to thesis 8?

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

7. What is the difference between socialist revolution and anarchist revolution in Chapter 4?

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

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

10. What effect did education of the proletariat have on revolution, according to Debord?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between the spectacle and religion? How does the spectacle separate man from his spiritual self, according to Debord?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the culture of the spectacle and the long term impact Debord believes it has on knowledge and art.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways does the spectacle deny humanity? Why does Debord believe this more true for the proletariat than the bourgeoisie?

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