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Dick Hebdige
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Subculture, the Meaning of Style Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, what does Hebdige say about black and white subcultures and how they got the ideas for their subcultures?
(a) Black subcultures got many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from white 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) White subcultures got many of their ideas for the foundation of their subcultures from black subcultures.

3. Which of the following is a notion NOT associated with the Punk subculture?
(a) Anti-social behavior.
(b) The shock and awe factor.
(c) Profanity.
(d) A religious basis.

4. Hebdige says that individuals understand ideology in which of the following ways?
(a) Unconsciously.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Subconsciously.
(d) Consciously.

5. According to Chapters 5, what do Punks absolutely NOT want to be associated with?
(a) Traditionalism.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Chaos.

6. Which of the following subcultures discriminates against blacks; yet enjoy aspects of their culture, such as music?
(a) Teddy Boys.
(b) Skinheads.
(c) Hipsters.
(d) Hippies.

7. What is the main thing Hebdige is trying to understand about subcultures?
(a) Their emotional context.
(b) Their historical context.
(c) Their religious context.
(d) Their spiritual context.

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

9. How does Hebdige define the purpose of style?
(a) It is "to disconnect familiar signs to new signifiers."
(b) It is "to connect familiar signs to new signifiers."
(c) It is "to disconnect familiar signs to old signifiers."
(d) It is "to connect unfamiliar signs to old signifiers."

10. Hebdige says that style is resistance to what?
(a) Emotional forces.
(b) Religious forces.
(c) Social forces.
(d) Spiritual forces.

11. According to Hebdige, which is an underlying influence of the reggae subculture?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Religion.
(c) Music.
(d) Drugs.

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

13. Which of the following describes a standard of the Glam subculture?
(a) Assurance.
(b) Apologetic.
(c) Apoliticism.
(d) Apathy.

14. Individuals who participate in subcultures invite which of the following into their lives?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Love.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Backlash.

15. Hebdige describes subcultures as"mediation" between what?
(a) Opinions and facts.
(b) Ideas and truths.
(c) Lies and wishes.
(d) Experience and tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following does Hebdige say Punks find their identity?

2. Hebdige's Subculture is which of the following approaches to understanding the styles of Britain's youth cultures?

3. In terms of transforming from childhood to maturity, what is Hebdige not concerned with?

4. What period in history does Hebdige focus on?

5. How does Hebdige define style?

(see the answer keys)

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