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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the first to embrace the Rastafarian style?
(a) All races in the working class of America.
(b) White, upper class of Great Britain.
(c) Black, upper class around the world.
(d) Black, working class of Great Britain.

2. Which objects do Punks use to promote who they are?
(a) Trench coat.
(b) Nothing. They are less concerned with objects and more concerned about the controversy they generate.
(c) Music.
(d) Mohawk hairstyle.

3. 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 many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from black subcultures.
(b) White subcultures got their foundational ideas from the mass culture, and black subcultures followed suit.
(c) Black and white subcultures worked together to gather ideas for the foundations of their subcultures.
(d) Black subcultures got many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from white subcultures.

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

5. Many times, members of the Punk subculture wear clothing that exude what?
(a) Brightly-colored images.
(b) Heavily beaded material.
(c) Sensitivity to the differences of others.
(d) Offensiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Rastafarians, which of the following is considered a blessing?

2. Punks are known for embracing which of the following?

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

4. Hebdige says that white subcultures are a response to what?

5. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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