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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-77.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?
(a) 200.
(b) 320.
(c) 420.
(d) 528,

2. During the week of battle between the private army and the mine workers, what phrase did the miners and their scouts use to identify their allies?
(a) I come creeping.
(b) Underground resistance.
(c) Workers' rights forever.
(d) Sixteen tons.

3. What is the only state entirely within Appalachia?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) West Virginia.

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

5. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Deception.
(b) Ulterior motives.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?

2. What is the name of the man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy?

3. Catte characterizes Hillbilly Elegy's portrayal of Appalachians in all but which of the following ways?

4. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" a particular decade "focused exclusively on the region's" (58) what?

5. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?

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