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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Individuals who participate in subcultures invite which of the following into their lives?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Backlash.
(d) Love.

2. Hebdige said punk was viewed by those not a part of the subculture as which of the following?
(a) Frankenstein's monster.
(b) Bigfoot.
(c) Dracula.
(d) The Lochness monster.

3. Reggae has origins in which of the following?
(a) Post-war Britain.
(b) America.
(c) West Indies.
(d) Pre-war Britain.

4. Punk has origins in which of the following?
(a) West Indies.
(b) Post-war Britain.
(c) Pre-war Britain.
(d) America.

5. Which of the following is a way that "powerless teenagers" can feel like they are "socially significant"?
(a) Follow the rules of the mass culture.
(b) Engage in violence.
(c) Defy gravity.
(d) Join a subculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hebdige relate style to the "myth of consensus"?

2. To which philosopher does Hebdige compare his beliefs?

3. Individuals' conduct in society is greatly influenced by which?

4. According to Hebdige, the mass culture mythologizes signification as a means of gaining which of the following?

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

(see the answer key)

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