Question

Fill up the blanks with appropriate words. Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social____________. It reduced everything to the __________of objects. Everything became __________because everything became a commodity. All reality was mechanically__________ by its materiality.

• A. Construction, minuteness, commercial, evaluated
• B. Setup, understanding, useless, identified
• C. Reality, randomness, saleable, located
• D. Relations, equality, exchangeable, measured
• E. Justice, level, expensive, understood

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

To solve this fill-in-the-blank question, we need to select words that logically and contextually fit into the sentence. The given sentence is:

"Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social ____________. It reduced everything to the __________ of objects. Everything became __________ because everything became a commodity. All reality was mechanically __________ by its materiality."

Let's analyze the options step-by-step:

1. First Blank: The sentence compares oil painting's impact on appearance to the impact of capital on social structures. The correct word here is "relations," as capital significantly alters social relations.
2. Second Blank: Oil painting and capital reduce entities to a common state. The word "equality" fits perfectly here, as it implies a common leveling or reduction.
3. Third Blank: The similarity drawn is how everything becomes a commodity. "Exchangeable" correctly aligns with commodities, signifying items that can be traded or substituted in market terms.
4. Fourth Blank: Reality being 'mechanically measured' emphasizes how material properties define value. Thus, "measured" completes the sentence sensibly.

Thus, the accurately completed sentence is:

"Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity. All reality was mechanically measured by its materiality."

Therefore, the correct option is: Relations, equality, exchangeable, measured.

Answer 2

The task is to fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the given options in the provided sentence:

"Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social ____________. It reduced everything to the ____________ of objects. Everything became ____________ because everything became a commodity. All reality was mechanically ____________ by its materiality."

Let's analyze the sentence and the options:

1. The first blank should relate to the social effects of capital, aiming for a word like "relations."
2. The second blank likely refers to reducing elements to a basic, equal state, fitting the word "equality."
3. The third blank implies that everything can be traded or sold, suggesting the word "exchangeable."
4. The fourth blank indicates a way to evaluate something materialistically, pointing to "measured."

By matching these criteria with the provided answer options, the correct sentence is completed as follows:

"Oil painting did to appearance what capital did to social relations. It reduced everything to the equality of objects. Everything became exchangeable because everything became a commodity. All reality was mechanically measured by its materiality."