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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. Catte names an essay by which writer as "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) piece she has encountered?
2. Catte makes the claim that "white Appalachians became persona non grata after" (83) what event?
3. Young women in what state testified in court that they had seen bulldozers "rip through a family cemetery" (100)?
4. Catte states that she does not "want Appalachia to be used as" what object "to suck attention away from LGBTQ politics and Black Lives Matter" (91)?
5. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. For what action was Carl Braden sentenced for the crime of sedition?
3. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?
4. When Catte thinks about the destruction done to Appalachian land, of what types of images are her thoughts largely composed?
5. For what purpose does Catte draw a connection among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?
6. How did the War on Poverty allow white Americans to ignore the country's race relation problems?
7. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?
8. What connection does Catte draw among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?
9. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?
10. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?
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
How does Catte employ the use or rejection of fallacy within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and how does the inclusion or examination of fallacy help Catte to prove particular points made within the text?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the messages sent by Catte about the theme of appearance versus reality within What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia.
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