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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 78-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hillbilly Elegy is classified as what type of literature?
(a) A collection of short stories.
(b) A novel.
(c) Poetry.
(d) A memoir.

2. By 1974, William Shockley was openly advocating for what treatment of those he termed "genetically unfit" (85)?
(a) Trade program enrollment.
(b) Coercive sterilization.
(c) Forcible relocation.
(d) Euthanasia.

3. According to Catte, what was the subject of the talk between Murray and Vance at the American Enterprise Institute?
(a) The decline of the middle class.
(b) Education reform.
(c) Welfare reform.
(d) The decline of the white working class.

4. Approximately how many square miles make up the region of Appalachia?
(a) 700,000.
(b) 75,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 3 million.

5. How many objectives does Catte name for her nonfiction work What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?

2. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?

3. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

4. According to Catte, citizens of Appalachia often view their identity as what metaphorical object?

5. How many dollars did Hugh O'Connor pay the young miner for the use of the miner's image?

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