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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following represents a product style?
(a) Occupation.
(b) Food.
(c) Music.
(d) Clothing.

2. In Chapter 6, how does Hebdige describe the idea of subcultures?
(a) As a cultural no-no.
(b) As cultural noise.
(c) As a cultural necessity.
(d) As a cultural nuisance.

3. In which of the following ways, do Punks communicate language?
(a) Speaking in parables.
(b) Plain speech.
(c) Singsong.
(d) Slang.

4. Of the following, who is an imprisoned writer?
(a) Genet.
(b) Barthes.
(c) Hebdige.
(d) George Jackson.

5. Of the following, who does Hebdige say finds value in everything except for those things "signified by the hollow men of mass culture"?
(a) Barthes.
(b) George Jackson.
(c) Genet.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the common objects of the dominant culture mentioned that takes on a new meaning when used by a subculture?

2. According to Chapter 8, what do Skinheads use to represent their principle of masculinity?

3. With regard to music, Punks prefer which of the following rather than technique?

4. What does Hebdige say about the Punkers' style of dressing?

5. How does George Jackson view the language used by the mass culture?

Short Essay Questions

1. In your opinion, what is the overall message that Hebdige gets across by writing this book?

2. What does Hebdige say the general public's understanding of a subculture leads to?

3. In Hebdige's words, what causes George Jackson to think the way he does about black cultures?

4. What does Hebdige conclude about style and how that may have been the cause of the tension between the 70's Teddy Boys and Punks?

5. According to Chapter 6, what is the relationship between the mass culture and subcultures?

6. In your opinion, how does the content of this book affect present day society in America?

7. What does Hebdige say about the straightforward style?

8. In what way does Hebdige describe style as being cyclical?

9. What factor of the white culture does George Jackson believe is an example of injustice to the black culture?

10. According to Hebdige, what is considered cultural "noise"? What does it mean?

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