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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Beats and Hipsters embrace aspects of the black culture?
(a) Because they want to be black.
(b) Because they are black.
(c) Because they are confused.
(d) Because it shows the variety within their own white culture.

2. What music style developed as a result of the black immigration?
(a) Top 40.
(b) Techno.
(c) Heavy Metal.
(d) Jazz.

3. Punk lacks which of the following?
(a) A historical basis.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Secularism.
(d) Music.

4. According to Hebdige, which is an underlying influence of the reggae subculture?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Religion.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Music.

5. The Rastafarian subculture says the "black sufferer" is placed where?
(a) Jerusalem.
(b) London.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Hong Kong.

Short Answer Questions

1. By their very nature, subcultures do what to the mass culture?

2. In which of the following ways does Hebdige understand the idea of "high culture"?

3. Hebdige's Subculture is which of the following approaches to understanding the styles of Britain's youth cultures?

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

5. Individuals' conduct in society is greatly influenced by which?

(see the answer key)

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