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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. Which of the following is another word for "science of the concrete"?
(a) Expression.
(b) Physics.
(c) Bricolage.
(d) Norms.
2. Of the following, who does Hebdige say finds value in everything except for those things "signified by the hollow men of mass culture"?
(a) George Jackson.
(b) Genet.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Barthes.
3. At the end of the book, who does Hebdige ultimately agree with in terms of style?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Barthes.
(c) Genet.
(d) George Jackson.
4. Which of the following is associated with Punks?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Sports.
(c) Beating around the bush.
(d) Forthrightness.
5. Hebdige begins the book by citing the ideas of what author?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Barthes.
(c) George Jackson.
(d) Genet.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Genet say about George Jackson's letters?
2. Of the following, who does Hebdige say is a militant black man?
3. Skinheads obtain which of the following, to encourage a reputation of "manliness"?
4. How does George Jackson view the language used by the mass culture?
5. What does Hebdige say about Punk's cultural rebellion after commodification takes place?
Short Essay Questions
1. At what point in the book did Hebdige come to his conclusion about style?
2. Does Hebdige believe recognizing style solely as an art within itself is the most accurate way of seeing it?
3. How does Nuttal feel about the rocker jacket?
4. Why do many black subcultures consist of more than the youth found in white subcultures?
5. In Chapter 7, how does Hebdige define style?
6. According to Hebdige, how do Punkers affect mass media?
7. According to Chapter 6, what is the relationship between the mass culture and subcultures?
8. 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?
9. How does Hebdige say Punkers' desire to be different sometimes affects them?
10. How does Hebdige view a style of chaos and flux?
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