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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Southern Folk Pottery: An Appriciation - The Meaders Pottery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Arie Meaders born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1897.

2. When did Harvey Penland see whites and blacks treated in the same manner?
(a) In a church.
(b) At a hospital.
(c) He has never seen equal treatment of blacks and whites.
(d) When he fought World War I in Europe.

3. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Folk pottery is not a mountain craft by nature.
(b) An abundance of folk potters exist.
(c) Folk pottery does not exist in Appalachia.
(d) Folk pottery originated in the Appalachian mountains.

4. What kind of communities does Eliot Wigginton like?
(a) Small towns.
(b) Communes.
(c) Suburbs of large cities.
(d) Large cities.

5. In the 1930's in Mountain City, which of the following was not a local product shipped out of town to markets?
(a) Oil.
(b) Medicinal herbs.
(c) Live chickens.
(d) Bundles of animal hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what material were the Mountain City hotels constructed?

2. What career did Carrie Stewart begin at age 74?

3. Why didn't Harvey Penland's father value education and encourage Harvey to pursue his education?

4. Which of Arie Meaders' children is the only one who was interested in pottery?

5. What is Albany slip?

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