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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Individuals' conduct in society is greatly influenced by which?
(a) Firemen and women.
(b) Police.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Lawyers.

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

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

4. What part of the black culture do the Hipsters closely associate with?
(a) Poverty of the black people.
(b) Religion.
(c) Upward mobility of blacks.
(d) The Hipsters share race-they are black.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What music style developed as a result of the black immigration?

2. Punk has origins in which of the following?

3. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?

4. What happened to the people of London as the heat intensified?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Skinheads identify with black subcultures?

2. What is the significance of the author's description of post-war Britain?

3. What does Hebdige say was Punk's mission when they formed?

4. According to Chapter 3, what is the main difference between the subcultures of Reggae and Rastafarians?

5. Why did the parents of the Rastafarians face such harsh discrimination when they came to London?

6. Besides the experience of slavery, what other elements were used to create Reggae?

7. Why does Hebdige say that Reggae is primarily a black subculture?

8. What are some of the physical ways the Rastafarians embraced their ties to Africa?

9. What physical and social affect did the London heat wave of 1976 have on the people of London according to Hebdige?

10. Why does Hebdige think the mass culture "mythologizes signification"?

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