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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Steven Spielberg.
(b) Ron Howard.
(c) Charlie Kaufman.
(d) Spike Jonze.

4. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?
(a) How to mask its true cost.
(b) How to market it for publication.
(c) How to disguise its true nature.
(d) How to manipulate its results.

5. Matewan is a film about what aspect of the Battle of Blair Mountain?
(a) The aftermath.
(b) The economic effects.
(c) The source.
(d) The prelude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attitude are the coal companies said to have exhibited toward organized labor unions?

2. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?

3. The National Review did NOT use what term to refer to the people of Appalachia?

4. In what year did Ollie Combs endeavor to conduct a protest against her land being destroyed by bulldozers?

5. The "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what publication?

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