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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?
(a) 1951.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1941.

2. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?
(a) Wonderland.
(b) Murderland.
(c) Hungerland.
(d) Wasteland.

3. How many registered voters resided within McDowell County during the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 5,934.
(b) 17,508.
(c) 12,847.
(d) 3,486.

4. In what state capital did The United Mine Workers gather in order to present the governor with a list of demands?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Knoxville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?

2. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

3. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?

4. Catte disparages a Vanity Fair essay in which writer John Saward visits what state in order to "understand Donald Trump" (22)?

5. Catte states that Appalachians and their culture "are often relegated to" (9) what?

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