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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. There is the assumption that if one Punk engages in violent behavior, the entire Punk subculture is labeled as a violent group. According to Hebdige, what entity reinforces this assumption?
(a) Media.
(b) The mass culture.
(c) Members of other subcultures.
(d) Friends of the members of the subculture.

2. Which three writers does Hebdige compare at the end of the book?
(a) George Jackson, Himself, and Genet.
(b) T. S. Eliot, Genet, and Himself.
(c) Himself, Barthes, and T.S. Eliot.
(d) T.S. Eliot, Barthes, and Genet.

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

4. In terms of music, what do Punks desire over skill?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Mediocrity.
(c) Fun.
(d) Desire to become skillful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 9, a rocket jacket is which of the following qualities?

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

3. What does Hebdige define as "a systemic, material language in which objects can be combined in infinite ways to produce meaning"?

4. According to Hebdige, subcultures use orthodox components to create what?

5. Hebdige says the relationship between which of the following is NOT a constant?

Short Essay Questions

1. In your opinion, what is the overall message that Hebdige gets across by writing this book?

2. How does Hebdige say subcultures use style?

3. In what way does Hebdige describe style as being cyclical?

4. According to Chapter 6, what is the relationship between the mass culture and subcultures?

5. What does Hebdige conclude about style and how that may have been the cause of the tension between the 70's Teddy Boys and Punks?

6. According to Hebdige, what is considered cultural "noise"? What does it mean?

7. What does Hebdige say about the straightforward style?

8. What does Hebdige say the general public's understanding of a subculture leads to?

9. What is Hebdige's thought on Skinheads and how they portray a masculine outlook?

10. What conclusion does Hebdige finally come to about style?

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