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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sparked the punk movement?
(a) The Vietnam conflict.
(b) WWII.
(c) WWI.
(d) The London heat wave.

2. According to Hebdige, which is an underlying influence of the reggae subculture?
(a) Religion.
(b) Music.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Drugs.

3. Which of the following does Hebdige say has been neglected?
(a) Political relations.
(b) Race relations.
(c) Subculture relations.
(d) International relations.

4. The Teddy Boys of the 70's are a symbol of what?
(a) The plight of the working class in America.
(b) The traditions of Britain.
(c) The decline of Britain.
(d) The black culture.

5. Hebdige says that white subcultures are a response to what?
(a) The black community.
(b) Their inherent desire to fight against the mass culture.
(c) War.
(d) Their own insecurities.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is a way that "powerless teenagers" can feel like they are "socially significant"?

3. Hebdige said punk was viewed by those not a part of the subculture as which of the following?

4. According to the Rastafarians, which of the following is considered a blessing?

5. Hebdige presents what type(s) of studies to cast doubt on the assumption that the development of many youth cultures makes the British youth a single class unto themselves?

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