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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. The goal of communism, as stated in Chapter 6, is to do what to everything that exists independently of individuals?

2. The religious appeal to God is analogous to the peasant appeal to the ______, according to Chapter 5.

3. In the world of advertising, it is forbidden to do what?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What question is being raised by a school of sociology originating in America in Chapter 8?

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

5. Why do societies organize time, according to Debord?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the destructive force of the commodity within the spectacle and the effect Debord believes this has on the consumer.

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