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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. According to Debord, urbanization is __________.

2. Who does Debord see as representing the return of reflecting on secular power?

3. The Renaissance embodies a new form of possessing what in Chapter 5?

4. What is strictly a secondary consideration of time by the modern production system in Chapter 6?

5. What necessity is carefully concealed in the grand style of Debord's era?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is culture, according to Debord?

2. What are the two aspects of culture that were lost as culture ended, according to Chapter 8?

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

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

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

6. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

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

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

9. How does Christianity play a role in measuring global time, in Debord's opinion?

10. What are the two sides of culture that Debord proposes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How can "survival gild poverty, but never transcend it"? What role does Debord believe poverty plays in the spectacle?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Debord's dual interpretations of time and how time operates within the spectacle.

Essay Topic 3

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

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