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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Hebdige define style?
(a) An aesthetic nonconformity.
(b) A way of life.
(c) The norm.
(d) A personal choice.

2. When Hebdige talks about style, which of the following is true?
(a) Style challenges the dominance of the majority culture.
(b) Style conforms to the dominance of the majority culture.
(c) Style challenges the subordinance of the subcultures.
(d) Style conforms to the subordinance of the subcultures.

3. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?
(a) Importance.
(b) Control.
(c) More followers.
(d) Attention.

4. Individuals' conduct in society is greatly influenced by which?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Police.
(c) Bankers.
(d) Firemen and women.

5. According to Hebdige, subcultures serve the purpose of allowing individuals to do which of the following?
(a) Symbolically separate themselves from the mass culture.
(b) Overthrow the mass culture.
(c) Become a part of the mass culture.
(d) Prove that the mass culture serves no purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hebdige says that individuals understand ideology in which of the following ways?

2. What sparked the punk movement?

3. When referring to the philosophies of others, Hebdige discusses which type of conflict?

4. To which philosopher does Hebdige compare his beliefs?

5. The actions of people are many times persuaded by what?

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