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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. What does Debord say planned environments have created?

2. What effectively erases history, according to Debord?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the pseudo community in Chapter 7?

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

4. What is the relationship between time and labor in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Debord describe fascism?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between commodity and celebrity, according to Debord? How are some of those themes echoed in modern American society?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How do the cultural and historical aspects of The Society of the Spectacle impact the narrative? How do they impact the themes of life's illusion and emptiness?

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