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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hebdige presents what type(s) of studies to cast doubt on the assumption that the development of many youth cultures makes the British youth a single class unto themselves?
(a) Opinionated.
(b) Observation-based only.
(c) Scientific-based only.
(d) Scientific and observation based.

2. Beats connect to which of the following aspects of the black culture?
(a) Poverty of the black people.
(b) Religion.
(c) The Beats share race-they are black.
(d) Upward mobility of blacks.

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

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

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

6. To which philosopher does Hebdige compare his beliefs?
(a) Arnaldus de Villanova.
(b) Albric of London.
(c) Ibn Warraq.
(d) Karl Marx.

7. According to Chapter 4, which of the following accurately describes the values of the Glams?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Commercialism.

8. How does Hebdige relate style to the "myth of consensus"?
(a) It is to "overturn the 'myth of consensus' hated by the mass culture."
(b) It is to "overrun the 'myth of consensus' enjoyed by the mass culture."
(c) It is to "overturn the 'myth of consensus' enjoyed by the mass culture."
(d) It is to "agree with the 'myth of consensus' enjoyed by the mass culture."

9. After the migration of the Rastafarian parents, what musical style did they introduce to the world?
(a) Disco.
(b) R & B.
(c) Classical.
(d) Blues.

10. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?
(a) Control.
(b) More followers.
(c) Attention.
(d) Importance.

11. Skinheads derived from what subculture?
(a) Hard mods.
(b) Glams.
(c) Rastafarians.
(d) Teddy Boys.

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

13. In Chapter 4, how do the Teddy Boys feel about life?
(a) Charismatic.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Doomed.
(d) Hopeful.

14. What types of alteration is Britain experiencing?
(a) Physiological and sociological.
(b) Physical and sociological.
(c) Economical and spiritual.
(d) Religious and emotional.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2 begins by talking about the London heat wave of what year?

2. According to the Rastafarian interpretation of the Bible, where is God?

3. Punk has origins in which of the following?

4. What does Hebdige say about SOME aspects of youth culture with respect to the parent culture?

5. Hebdige says that individuals understand ideology in which of the following ways?

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