View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Catte names what "language" as one that Appalachians often "inject into [their] work" (98)?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Emotional intelligence.
(c) Visual literacy.
(d) Music.

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?
(a) Wealthy coal mine owners.
(b) Public school educators.
(c) Civil rights activists.
(d) Poor white Appalachians.

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) Humility.
(d) Self-hatred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Charles Murray is described as having taken what action before later describing it as "a teenage prank" (88)?

3. What war does Catte associate with "an indelible imprint" (10)?

4. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?

5. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 253 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample