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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hebdige say is one of the things that "deconstructs rock music back to its more fundamental roots"?
(a) Establishment of country music.
(b) Continued racial tension.
(c) Class conflict.
(d) Glam rock's narcissism.

2. Skinheads derived from what subculture?
(a) Glams.
(b) Rastafarians.
(c) Hard mods.
(d) Teddy Boys.

3. The STYLE between the Teddy Boys of the 50's and 70's is which of the following?
(a) Same.
(b) Started out differently but ended the same.
(c) Started out the same but ended differently.
(d) Different.

4. In order to understand punk, one must understand which of the following?
(a) Its origins.
(b) The direction in which it is going.
(c) The direction in which other subcultures are going.
(d) The origins of other subcultures.

5. The manner in which the Rastafarian parents migrated did which of the following?
(a) Showed they were successful business people.
(b) Marked them as targets of discrimination.
(c) Demonstrated their hope for a bright future in a new land.
(d) Allowed them to easily conform to the cultural norms of their new home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Teddy Boys of the 50's represent?

2. Hebdige describes subcultures as"mediation" between what?

3. When Hebdige talks about style, which of the following is true?

4. Which of the following subcultures discriminates against blacks; yet enjoy aspects of their culture, such as music?

5. Which of the following is a notion NOT associated with the Punk subculture?

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