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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Catte asserts that "The visual archive of Appalachia created in" what decade "focused exclusively on" (58) a particular quality of Appalachia?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1980s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. William Shockley was what kind of scientist who practiced his research in the United States?
(a) A physicist.
(b) A sociologist.
(c) A biologist.
(d) A geneticist.

4. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1945.

5. Catte makes the claim that "white Appalachians became persona non grata after" (83) what event?
(a) The failure of Prohibition.
(b) The failure of The New Deal.
(c) The failure of the War on Poverty.
(d) The success of the War on Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under which United States president's administration was the Farm Security Agency (FSA) formed?

2. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?

3. William Shockley claimed that his research led him to what conclude that African Americans were predisposed for what characteristic?

4. Catte states that the Moynihan Report had been of little use to the United States government after which group of people denounced the report?

5. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?

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