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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what does Hebdige say about black and white subcultures and how they got the ideas for their subcultures?
(a) White subcultures got their foundational ideas from the mass culture, and black subcultures followed suit.
(b) Black subcultures got many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from white subcultures.
(c) Black and white subcultures worked together to gather ideas for the foundations of their subcultures.
(d) White subcultures got many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from black subcultures.

2. Where are the parents of the Rastafarians from?
(a) West Indies.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Israel.

3. What does Hebdige say "incites a cultural fear of further hidden transgressions"?
(a) Playful styles.
(b) Profanity styles.
(c) Perverse styles.
(d) Poverty styles.

4. In Chapter 6, how does Hebdige describe the idea of subcultures?
(a) As a cultural necessity.
(b) As a cultural nuisance.
(c) As cultural noise.
(d) As a cultural no-no.

5. Which of the following is a way that "powerless teenagers" can feel like they are "socially significant"?
(a) Engage in violence.
(b) Join a subculture.
(c) Defy gravity.
(d) Follow the rules of the mass culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hebdige, there is a disconnect between black sound and what?

2. Hebdige said punk was viewed by those not a part of the subculture as which of the following?

3. Which of the following subcultures discriminates against blacks; yet enjoy aspects of their culture, such as music?

4. Hebdige says supply directly affects which of the following?

5. What period in history does Hebdige focus on?

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