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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Southern Folk Pottery: The Wilson, Hewell, and Brown Potteries (through page 384).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something the Mountain City community told Foxfire it wants for their town?
(a) Lower taxes.
(b) A cleaner town.
(c) More jobs & recreational opportunities.
(d) New town water & sewer systems.

2. In what state does Eliot Wigginton live and work?
(a) Georgia.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Kentucky.

3. Who is the founder of the Foxfire organization?
(a) Anna Tut.
(b) Jimmy Carter.
(c) Eliot Wigginton.
(d) Cheever Meaders.

4. What type of glaze is made of silt ashes and sand or powdered glass and water?
(a) Canton glaze.
(b) Albany slip.
(c) New England varnish.
(d) Shanghai glaze.

5. What is the population of the county seat?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) Five million.
(d) Two thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Cheever Meaders use iron lifters?

2. How long does it typically take to fire pottery in a kiln?

3. What does Bruce Mosley think will help racial relations?

4. How old is Harley Penland?

5. What major New York publisher gave the Foxfire organization a publishing contract for two books?

(see the answer key)

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