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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hebdige describes subcultures as"mediation" between what?
(a) Lies and wishes.
(b) Experience and tradition.
(c) Opinions and facts.
(d) Ideas and truths.

2. According to Hebdige, social forces serve to do what?
(a) Damage the working class.
(b) Damage the upper class.
(c) Build the working class.
(d) Build the upper class.

3. What sparked the punk movement?
(a) The Vietnam conflict.
(b) WWI.
(c) The London heat wave.
(d) WWII.

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

5. Individuals who participate in subcultures invite which of the following into their lives?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Backlash.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebdige states, "the implication is that style, with its inherent subversion, can . . ." do what?

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

3. What does Hebdige say is one of the things that "deconstructs rock music back to its more fundamental roots"?

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

5. Where did the parents of the Rastafarians migrate to?

(see the answer key)

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