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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 discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?
2. Catte describes the Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People as what kind of organization?
3. In what year did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?
4. Roger May is a friend of Catte who works as what type of artist?
5. The bulldozers that destroyed Ollie Combs's land were sent by what kind of company?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?
2. What connection does Catte make between Appalachian writers and their use of the language of visual literacy?
3. What was the Moynihan Report?
4. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?
5. What does Catte say about the way in which she views Appalachian history?
6. For what reason were images of black Appalachians left out of exposes of regional poverty?
7. What qualities does Catte assert are shared by both J.D. Vance and Harry Caudill?
8. What connection does Catte make between Communism and the civil rights movement?
9. What point does Catte make about the Amazon recommendations connected to Hillbilly Elegy?
10. What connection does Catte make between Harry Caudill and William Shockley?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
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
What ultimate message is Catte sending about the nature and value of compassion?
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