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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?
(a) The Midwest.
(b) The past.
(c) The South.
(d) The land of pariahs.

2. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?
(a) A statue.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A weathered suitcase.
(d) A ball of string.

3. What website "began running predictions that treated Appalachia as one very large state" (35) during the 2016 presidential campaign?
(a) Consequence of Sound.
(b) Daily Mail.
(c) Daily Mirror.
(d) Daily Kos.

4. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?
(a) The film Deliverance.
(b) The Hatfield-McCoy feud.
(c) His own harrowing childhood.
(d) The Civil War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?

2. In what part of the United States is Appalachia located?

3. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?

4. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?

5. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

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