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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?
(a) 1979.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1941.
2. Around how many coal miners worked in Appalachia, as of the time of Catte's publication?
(a) 54,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 36,000.
3. What kind of Darwinism posited a link between privilege and innate superiority?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Social.
(c) Ethnocentric.
(d) Marxist.
4. Catte and her partner moved from one state to another how many months before the 2016 presidential election?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.
5. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Rubio.
(c) Sanders.
(d) Carson.
Short Answer Questions
1. Catte states that what cause "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44) in a particular state?
2. In what state is a particular cause said to be "is immortalized in many songs and union anthems" (44)?
3. The filmmaker Colin Low is quoted as stating that "A camera is like" (58) what object?
4. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?
5. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action is suggested as "making it easier to paint Appalachians as perpetual victims" (52) and why?
2. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
3. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?
4. What is Hillbilly Elegy?
5. What are Catte's "less clinical" (8) reasons for moving back to Appalachia after a short time in Texas?
6. In what way does Catte use the metaphor of a mirror to characterize the Appalachian identity?
7. For what purpose does Catte discuss the town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee not far from her home?
8. What action does Catte say she hopes to take in response to living in "Trump Country" (52)?
9. What distinction does Catte make between empathy and solidarity?
10. What is Catte's main claim about the problems of the Appalachia region?
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