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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?
(a) Control.
(b) Importance.
(c) Attention.
(d) More followers.

2. After the migration of the Rastafarian parents, what musical style did they introduce to the world?
(a) R & B.
(b) Disco.
(c) Blues.
(d) Classical.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to the people of London as the heat intensified?

3. Which of the following motivated punk?

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

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

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