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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the organization that "publicized [William Shockley's] work in white nationalist circles" (88)?
(a) The Patriot Fund.
(b) The Farmhand Fund.
(c) The Pioneer Fund.
(d) The Purity Fund.

2. How many states contain Appalachian counties?
(a) 16.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

3. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1920s.

4. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1987.

5. 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) 20th.
(b) 18th.
(c) 21st.
(d) 19th.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Under which U.S. president did the War on Poverty evolve, according to Catte?

3. By 1974, William Shockley was openly advocating for what treatment of those he termed "genetically unfit" (85)?

4. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?

5. What percentage of Appalachians identify as white?

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