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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 114-132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The two instruments often associated with Appalachia are classified as what types of instruments?
(a) Percussion.
(b) Strings.
(c) Woodwinds.
(d) Reeds.

2. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
(a) The Trump Oasis.
(b) The Land of Trump.
(c) The Trump Delusion.
(d) Trump Country.

3. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?
(a) Grace.
(b) Patience.
(c) Hope.
(d) Compassion.

4. Catte feels that she is the product of which two worlds?
(a) The mountains and the marketplace.
(b) The mountains and the estate.
(c) The mountains and the streets.
(d) The mountains and the academy.

5. Catte laments that the memoir Hillbilly Elegy is populated by men who take what action?
(a) Embrace their powerlessness.
(b) Shirk employment.
(c) Commit acts of violence.
(d) Hate their culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group does Catte assert rarely exists "in the worlds popular authors create for us" (116)?

2. On what holiday does Catte portray Ollie Combs as eating alone in her jail cell?

3. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?

4. What video game is said to contain a reference to the Hatfield-McCoy feud?

5. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?

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