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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 97-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1932.

2. Catte notes of the Hatfield-McCoy feud that "it was a real event that occurred in Appalachia at the turn of" (39) which century?
(a) 21st.
(b) 18th.
(c) 19th.
(d) 20th.

3. The young women who testified in court that they had seen bulldozers destroy a family graveyard lived in what area of their state?
(a) Northern.
(b) Western.
(c) Southern.
(d) Eastern.

4. Linda Tate is an Appalachian author who "tells of the re-discovery" (90) of what kind of roots?
(a) Her French-Canadian roots.
(b) Her Iroquois roots.
(c) Her Welsh roots.
(d) Her Cherokee roots.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Catte use to describe the action Appalachians took "against corporate interests" (102)?

2. Catte confesses to the reader that the 2016 election results "caused setbacks" (52) for her in relation to retaining what quality?

3. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?

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

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

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