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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beats connect to which of the following aspects of the black culture?
(a) Upward mobility of blacks.
(b) Poverty of the black people.
(c) The Beats share race-they are black.
(d) Religion.

2. Which of the following is a notion NOT associated with the Punk subculture?
(a) Profanity.
(b) A religious basis.
(c) The shock and awe factor.
(d) Anti-social behavior.

3. The STYLE between the Teddy Boys of the 50's and 70's is which of the following?
(a) Different.
(b) Started out the same but ended differently.
(c) Started out differently but ended the same.
(d) Same.

4. 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) Friends of the members of the subculture.
(b) Members of other subcultures.
(c) The mass culture.
(d) Media.

5. Which of the following is a way of making subcultures understood by the masses?
(a) It is viewed as "incomprehensible."
(b) The masses never seek to understand it.
(c) It is practiced by many more individuals and becomes the new dominant culture.
(d) It is actively destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the parents of the Rastafarians from?

2. In Chapter 5, what is Britain unable to get rid of?

3. What method is used to facilitate the mass society's understanding of subcultures?

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

5. The manner in which the Rastafarian parents migrated did which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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