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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. Hebdige says that Genet transformed from individual into what?
(a) Group.
(b) Brotherhood.
(c) Realm of revolution.
(d) Spirit.

2. What does Hebdige say is the next step after a subculture is ready to become a part of the "mass cultural consciousness"?
(a) Colonization.
(b) Commodification.
(c) Culturalization.
(d) Combination.

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) Level of education.
(b) Socioeconomical status.
(c) Style.
(d) Religious preference.

4. Hebdige says that George Jackson's words are fixed in what?
(a) Style.
(b) Time.
(c) Context.
(d) Age.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a dance style associated with the Punk subculture?

2. Which of the following terms does Nuttal use to describe a rocket jacket?

3. Which writer's beliefs about style most closely resembles those of Hebdige?

4. Who does Hebdige compare to signified skinheads?

5. Which of the following is another word for "science of the concrete"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In your opinion, how does the content of this book affect present day society in America?

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

4. How does Nuttal feel about the rocker jacket?

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

6. 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?

7. How does Hebdige view the objects used by the Punk subculture to promote their subculture?

8. At what point in the book did Hebdige come to his conclusion about style?

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

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

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