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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 6, subcultures usually involve transgressions of what?
(a) Music or clothing.
(b) Religious or political views.
(c) Views on education.
(d) Language or behavior.

3. Of the following, which is defined as a "diverse set of signifiers which are likely to change from moment to moment"?
(a) Backwards style.
(b) Straightforward style.
(c) Subculture style.
(d) Style of chaos and flux.

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

5. In order to promote their value of masculinity, which of the following do Skinheads use?
(a) Braces.
(b) Afros.
(c) Denim.
(d) Suspenders.

6. In Chapter 8, What does Hebdige say about subcultures?
(a) They do NOT serve as alternatives to parent cultures.
(b) They are NOT lawless forms.
(c) They are destructive.
(d) They are lawless forms.

7. Of the following, who does Hebdige say finds value in everything except for those things "signified by the hollow men of mass culture"?
(a) Barthes.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Genet.
(d) George Jackson.

8. Which of the following is NOT a name one would generally see associated with a Punk band?
(a) The Kittens.
(b) The Unwanted.
(c) The Worst.
(d) The Rejects.

9. The Skinheads focus on what as a foundation of their subculture?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Religion.
(c) Working class.
(d) Love for variety within the world of subcultures.

10. Of the following, what specific item does Hebdige say transforms meaning when used by a subculture as opposed to the mass culture?
(a) Spoon.
(b) Motor scooter.
(c) Television set.
(d) Bowl.

11. What does Hebdige say could have caused the outbreak of violence between subcultures?
(a) Suggestions.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Signification.

12. Of the following, who said, "Style, as a form of articulation, cannot be understood outside of the context in which it is intended"?
(a) Genet.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Barthes.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

13. What does Hebdige say the Reggae subculture is based upon?
(a) Creative suppression.
(b) Sexual aggression.
(c) Political expression.
(d) Racial oppression.

14. How does Hebdige define self-conscious expression?
(a) An aesthetic of subcultures.
(b) An aesthetic of the mass culture.
(c) A blatant way of rebelling against the dominant culture.
(d) A form of style.

15. What does George Jackson complain about?
(a) The lack of style in the dominant culture.
(b) The notion that blacks are forced to speak using the Master's tongue, and therefore experience the undermining of their plight.
(c) The fact that he is a white man who has not been warmly accepted into black subcultures.
(d) The general struggle between subcultures and the dominant culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hebdige, which of the following is true about style?

2. In terms of style, what does supply drive?

3. According to Chapter 8, what do Skinheads use to represent their principle of masculinity?

4. What individual does the following quote reflect upon, ". . . lives a life of diversion, subversion and dissent, concerned less with what the signs say than in how their meaning might be changed"?

5. With regard to working class aesthetics, which of the following subcultures did the Punks offend?

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