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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hebdige, social forces serve to do what?
(a) Build the working class.
(b) Build the upper class.
(c) Damage the upper class.
(d) Damage the working class.

2. Who does Hebdige compare to signified skinheads?
(a) Gorgeous glams.
(b) Nebulous punkers.
(c) Rebellious Rastafarians.
(d) Marvelous mods.

3. According to Hebdige, which is an underlying influence of the reggae subculture?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Music.
(c) Religion.
(d) Poetry.

4. Which of the following is defined as "presenting a single, coherent identity"?
(a) Backwards style.
(b) Straightforward style.
(c) Style of chaos and flux.
(d) Subculture style.

5. What types of alteration is Britain experiencing?
(a) Physical and sociological.
(b) Physiological and sociological.
(c) Economical and spiritual.
(d) Religious and emotional.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hebdige say about SOME aspects of youth culture with respect to the parent culture?

2. Which of the following is a value held dear by the Skinheads?

3. Hebdige says that style is resistance to what?

4. After the migration of the Rastafarian parents, what musical style did they introduce to the world?

5. Which place do Rastafarians believe is the "Promised Land"?

(see the answer key)

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