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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There is the assumption that if one Punk engages in violent behavior, the entire Punk subculture is labeled as a violent group. According to Hebdige, what entity reinforces this assumption?
(a) Members of other subcultures.
(b) The mass culture.
(c) Media.
(d) Friends of the members of the subculture.

2. Which place do Rastafarians believe is the "Promised Land"?
(a) Paris.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Nairobi.
(d) Abuja.

3. What is the media's purpose of depicting Punkers as "good kids"?
(a) To lessen the subculture's credibility.
(b) To show that the definition of being a Punker is being a positive person.
(c) To create harmony between them and other subcultures.
(d) To persuade them to change their ways since the masses like that depiction.

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

5. In Chapter 5, what is Britain unable to get rid of?
(a) Race conflict.
(b) Class conflict.
(c) Gender conflict.
(d) Age conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is considered a usual sociological factor?

2. Punk lacks which of the following?

3. What does Hebdige say is one of the things that "deconstructs rock music back to its more fundamental roots"?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Hebdige say about black and white subcultures and how they got the ideas for their subcultures?

5. According to Hebdige, there is a disconnect between black sound and what?

(see the answer key)

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