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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. Many times, members of the Punk subculture wear clothing that exude what?
(a) Brightly-colored images.
(b) Sensitivity to the differences of others.
(c) Offensiveness.
(d) Heavily beaded material.

2. Which of the following is associated with Punks?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Beating around the bush.
(c) Forthrightness.
(d) Sports.

3. Hebdige says the relationship between which of the following is NOT a constant?
(a) Opinions, expression, and signs.
(b) Experience, facts, and signification.
(c) Truths, understanding, and signs.
(d) Experience, expression, and signification.

4. What is one of the common objects of the dominant culture mentioned that takes on a new meaning when used by a subculture?
(a) Brush.
(b) Comb.
(c) Pair of shoes.
(d) Car.

5. What types of clothing do Punkers generally like to wear?
(a) Symbols of world peace.
(b) Symbols of sex.
(c) Symbols of education.
(d) Symbols of religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hebdige say objects begin?

2. What does Hebdige say about the idea of language?

3. When it comes to the objects of style, Hebdige is particularly interested in what?

4. For its aesthetic qualities, Hebdige says that style might be what?

5. At the end of the book, who does Hebdige ultimately agree with in terms of style?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do many black subcultures consist of more than the youth found in white subcultures?

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

3. What does Hebdige say about the existence of subcultures?

4. How does Hebdige say subcultures use style?

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

6. In Chapter 7, how does Hebdige define style?

7. After leaving a subculture, what is the difference between the cultural options for blacks and whites according to Hebdige?

8. What factor of the white culture does George Jackson believe is an example of injustice to the black culture?

9. In Hebdige's words, what causes George Jackson to think the way he does about black cultures?

10. Who does Hebdige say has a major affect on defining subcultures to the public?

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