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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hebdige, subcultures serve the purpose of allowing individuals to do which of the following?
(a) Become a part of the mass culture.
(b) Prove that the mass culture serves no purpose.
(c) Symbolically separate themselves from the mass culture.
(d) Overthrow the mass culture.

2. In which of the following ways does Hebdige understand the idea of "high culture"?
(a) Literally.
(b) Holistically.
(c) Compartmentally.
(d) Philosophically.

3. What does Hebdige say is one of the things that "deconstructs rock music back to its more fundamental roots"?
(a) Glam rock's narcissism.
(b) Establishment of country music.
(c) Class conflict.
(d) Continued racial tension.

4. How does Hebdige define the purpose of style?
(a) It is "to disconnect familiar signs to new signifiers."
(b) It is "to connect familiar signs to new signifiers."
(c) It is "to disconnect familiar signs to old signifiers."
(d) It is "to connect unfamiliar signs to old signifiers."

5. Which of the following motivated punk?
(a) Blues and rock.
(b) Rock and reggae.
(c) Jazz and classical.
(d) Classical and techno.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the people of London as the heat intensified?

2. Which of the following is the name of the song based on the London riots?

3. Punk has origins in which of the following?

4. How does Hebdige define style?

5. Hebdige states, "the implication is that style, with its inherent subversion, can . . ." do what?

(see the answer key)

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