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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Harry Caudil's work focused on which group of people within Appalachia?
2. According to Catte, what was the subject of the talk between Murray and Vance at the American Enterprise Institute?
3. In what year was The Moynihan Report published?
4. The saboteurs who ambushed the Round Mountain Coal Company inflicted just under how many dollars in damage?
5. Robert Payne was a disabled African American miner who acted as what official in the Disabled Miners and Widows organization?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?
2. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?
3. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?
4. What is the one anomaly within the group of images Catte conjures when she thinks about the destruction of Appalachian land?
5. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?
6. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?
7. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?
8. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?
9. Describe the link between the War on Poverty and the rise of eugenics.
10. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Perform a biographical criticism of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by researching Catte's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Catte.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Catte's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Catte's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.
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