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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Prove that the mass culture serves no purpose.
(c) Overthrow the mass culture.
(d) Become a part of the mass culture.

2. Where are the parents of the Rastafarians from?
(a) West Indies.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Israel.

3. Punks are known for embracing which of the following?
(a) Ganja.
(b) Peace and harmony.
(c) Sexual puritanism.
(d) Strong tie to Britain's history.

4. The Glam subculture addresses what question?
(a) Religion and politics.
(b) Age and social class.
(c) Gender and sexuality.
(d) Race and weight.

5. What does Hebdige say about SOME aspects of youth culture with respect to the parent culture?
(a) There is no such thing as a youth culture and parent culture. Both the youth and parent exercise the traditions of one, the same culture.
(b) They no way reflect the parent culture.
(c) All youth culture reflects parent culture.
(d) Parent culture reflects youth culture, not the other way around.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, Hebdige focuses on something and how it affects the definition of a subculture. What is it that he focuses on?

3. Which of the following musical acts is known for occasionally adopting the Jamaican street style?

4. Which of the following do Rastafarians say is the strength behind their beliefs?

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

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