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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The manner in which the Rastafarian parents migrated did which of the following?
(a) Demonstrated their hope for a bright future in a new land.
(b) Marked them as targets of discrimination.
(c) Showed they were successful business people.
(d) Allowed them to easily conform to the cultural norms of their new home.

3. Where did the parents of the Rastafarians migrate to?
(a) London.
(b) China.
(c) America.
(d) Jamaica.

4. Hebdige said punk was viewed by those not a part of the subculture as which of the following?
(a) Bigfoot.
(b) Dracula.
(c) Frankenstein's monster.
(d) The Lochness monster.

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

6. Punk lacks which of the following?
(a) Secularism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) A historical basis.
(d) Music.

7. What does Hebdige say about post-war Britain with regard to mass media and how it defines cultural experience?
(a) "It shares sound and images across class and culture."
(b) It shares truths and sound across age and race."
(c) "It shares sound and images across race and culture."
(d) "It shares images and ideals across age and gender."

8. The Glam subculture addresses what question?
(a) Age and social class.
(b) Race and weight.
(c) Gender and sexuality.
(d) Religion and politics.

9. Hebdige says that reggae is primarily inspired by which of the following?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Procreation.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

10. To a certain extent, media shapes which of the following?
(a) Perception of socioeconomic status.
(b) Perception of societal taboos.
(c) Perception of social selfishness.
(d) Perception of social self.

11. In order to understand punk, one must understand which of the following?
(a) The origins of other subcultures.
(b) The direction in which it is going.
(c) The direction in which other subcultures are going.
(d) Its origins.

12. In addition to migrating to a new place, what other contribution did the Rastafarian parents make to the world?
(a) They presented Soft rock music.
(b) They presented Hard rock music.
(c) They presented Soul music.
(d) They presented Easy Listening music.

13. According to Chapter 4, what does the black culture lose as it spreads into the world?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Connotation.
(c) Context.
(d) Color.

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

15. Chapter 2 begins by talking about the London heat wave of what year?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1982.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following motivated punk?

2. Which of the following musical acts is known for occasionally adopting the Jamaican street style?

3. Which of the following subcultures was viewed by the mass culture as a major threat and lead its members to declare war?

4. In Chapter 4, how do the Teddy Boys feel about life?

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

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