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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. According to Chapter 9, a rocket jacket is which of the following qualities?
(a) Balistic.
(b) Animalistic.
(c) Futuristic.
(d) Ritualistic.

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

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

4. According to Hebdige, if a black participant no longer wishes to be associated with a subculture, he/she can then do which of the following?
(a) Overthrow all white subcultures.
(b) Take a marginal role in the dominant culture.
(c) Overthrow the mass culture.
(d) Take a dominant role in the mass culture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebdige says subcultures are designed to address what?

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

3. Of the following, who does Hebdige say is a militant black man?

4. According to Chapter 6, subcultures usually involve transgressions of what?

5. Of the following, what specific item does Hebdige say transforms meaning when used by a subculture as opposed to the mass culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. In terms of its relation to the subculture, what does Hebdige say happens to the object's meaning once it goes back to the dominant culture?

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

3. 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?

4. How does Nuttal feel about the rocker jacket?

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

6. According to Hebdige, what are the two methods used to understand subcultures?

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

8. Does Hebdige believe recognizing style solely as an art within itself is the most accurate way of seeing it?

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

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

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