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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With regard to music, Punks prefer which of the following rather than technique?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Enjoyment.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Desire to master technique.

3. In Chapter 7, Hebdige focuses on something and how it affects the definition of a subculture. What is it that he focuses on?
(a) Style.
(b) Socioeconomical status.
(c) Religious preference.
(d) Level of education.

4. What does Hebdige say handicaps blacks?
(a) Nothing. They have the same opportunities as whites.
(b) Economical capacity.
(c) Mental abilities.
(d) Racial prejudice.

5. What does Hebdige say about the idea of language?
(a) It has been deactivated.
(b) It cannot be deactivated.
(c) It is inactive.
(d) It is active.

6. How does George Jackson view the language used by the mass culture?
(a) It is obsolete.
(b) It is currently in transition.
(c) It is used to turn the participants of the dominant culture against each other.
(d) It might be corrupted.

7. According to George Jackson, what is true of the Master's tongue?
(a) It is only understood by subcultures.
(b) It is fair for all.
(c) It might be mastered.
(d) It is only understood by the dominant culture.

8. 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.

9. Of the following, who is an imprisoned writer?
(a) Genet.
(b) Hebdige.
(c) Barthes.
(d) George Jackson.

10. Of the following, which does Hebdige say is a representation of the mass culture aesthetic?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Self-image.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Hair styles.

11. In terms of style, what does supply drive?
(a) Style.
(b) Market.
(c) Demand.
(d) Significance of a subculture.

12. Nuttal says that rocket jackets posses which of the following powers?
(a) Has supernatural power.
(b) Has mental power.
(c) Has fetishistic power.
(d) Has creative power.

13. What does Hebdige say "incites a cultural fear of further hidden transgressions"?
(a) Profanity styles.
(b) Playful styles.
(c) Poverty styles.
(d) Perverse styles.

14. Hebdige says supply directly affects which of the following?
(a) Production.
(b) Norms of the mass culture.
(c) Violence.
(d) Cultural change within a society.

15. Hebdige begins the book by citing the ideas of what author?
(a) Barthes.
(b) Genet.
(c) George Jackson.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the following, which is defined as a "diverse set of signifiers which are likely to change from moment to moment"?

2. What does Genet say about George Jackson's letters?

3. In which of the following ways, do Punks communicate language?

4. Skinheads obtain which of the following, to encourage a reputation of "manliness"?

5. In the Punk subculture, when is commodification complete?

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