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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. Arthur Rothstein was known for documenting the lives of those evicted from their homes as a result of what construction project?
(a) A protected marshland.
(b) A coal mine.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A national park.

2. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1990.
(d) 2003.

3. Myles Horton was "a labor and civil rights activist" (98) from what state?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Kentucky.

4. The "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what publication?
(a) The Louisville Tribune.
(b) The Charleston Gazette.
(c) The National Review.
(d) The New Republic.

5. In what county did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Knott.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Broward.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Moynihan Report was written by what type of scientist working for the United States government?

2. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?

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

4. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?

5. Carl Braden was sentenced to what length of time for sedition against the government?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Moynihan Report?

2. For what action was Carl Braden sentenced for the crime of sedition?

3. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?

4. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?

5. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.

6. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

7. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?

8. Catte states that before 2016, "the last time the nation took such an obsessive interest in West Virginia's politics was" (77) on what occasion?

9. What fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?

10. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?

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