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 do the Teddy Boys of the 50's represent?
(a) The plight of the working class in America.
(b) The traditions of Britain.
(c) The black culture.
(d) The decline of Britain.

3. The Glam subculture primarily consisted of which of the following?
(a) Skinheads who want to break away from the Skinhead subculture.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Blacks and Whites.

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

5. How does Hebdige define style?
(a) The norm.
(b) A way of life.
(c) An aesthetic nonconformity.
(d) A personal choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebdige presents what type(s) of studies to cast doubt on the assumption that the development of many youth cultures makes the British youth a single class unto themselves?

2. According to Chapters 5, what do Punks absolutely NOT want to be associated with?

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

4. When Hebdige talks about style, which of the following is true?

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

(see the answer key)

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