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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The anger of the people turned into what type of riots?
(a) Gender.
(b) Class.
(c) Race.
(d) Age.

2. Of the following, which is a common activity that affects social behavior?
(a) Parenting.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Playing sports.
(d) Knitting.

3. 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) Prove that the mass culture serves no purpose.
(d) Become a part of the mass culture.

4. When Hebdige talks about style, which of the following is true?
(a) Style challenges the subordinance of the subcultures.
(b) Style challenges the dominance of the majority culture.
(c) Style conforms to the subordinance of the subcultures.
(d) Style conforms to the dominance of the majority culture.

5. What happened to the people of London as the heat intensified?
(a) Nothing. The heat wave did not affect them.
(b) The people migrated to Dublin, Ireland.
(c) The people went from being annoyed to being violent.
(d) The masses died.

Short Answer Questions

1. When referring to the philosophies of others, Hebdige discusses which type of conflict?

2. How does Hebdige relate style to the "myth of consensus"?

3. Hebdige says that individuals understand ideology in which of the following ways?

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

5. What purpose does Hebdige say mass culture serves to subcultures?

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