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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of the black culture do the Hipsters closely associate with?
(a) The Hipsters share race-they are black.
(b) Religion.
(c) Poverty of the black people.
(d) Upward mobility of blacks.

3. According to Chapters 5, what do Punks absolutely NOT want to be associated with?
(a) Traditionalism.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Conformity.
(d) Chaos.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?

2. Hebdige says subcultures are designed to address what?

3. Reggae is greatly influenced by what style of music?

4. What is one of the common objects of the dominant culture mentioned that takes on a new meaning when used by a subculture?

5. Which of the following terms does Nuttal use to describe a rocket jacket?

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