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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer's beliefs about style most closely resembles those of Hebdige?
(a) Genet.
(b) George Jackson.
(c) Barthes.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

2. In Chapter 5, Hebdige says mass media defines what?
(a) Cultural experience.
(b) Cultural truths.
(c) Emotional attitude.
(d) Social expectations.

3. Of the following, which can be used as a symbol of style?
(a) Religion.
(b) Education.
(c) Make-up.
(d) Wealth.

4. What does Hebdige define as "a systemic, material language in which objects can be combined in infinite ways to produce meaning"?
(a) Science of the concrete.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Subculture.
(d) Traditions.

5. What does Hebdige say is the next step after a subculture is ready to become a part of the "mass cultural consciousness"?
(a) Commodification.
(b) Culturalization.
(c) Combination.
(d) Colonization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of alteration is Britain experiencing?

2. Which of the following is NOT a "common object" mentioned by Hebdige in the last paragraph of Chapter 1?

3. Hebdige states that which individual "fears that experience may fall prey to mythology, defined into non-existence"?

4. At the end of the book, who does Hebdige ultimately agree with in terms of style?

5. What is a major difference between the participants of black subcultures and white subcultures?

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