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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Page 78-93.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The film being made by Hugh O'Connor and his crew at the time of O'Connor's murder was slated to be shown at which venue?
(a) The 1968 World's Fair.
(b) The 1933 World's Fair.
(c) The 1901 World's Fair.
(d) The 1893 World's Fair.

2. The Appalachian Regional Commission created a definition of Appalachia that included how many counties?
(a) 200.
(b) 320.
(c) 528,
(d) 420.

3. According to Catte, what was the subject of the talk between Murray and Vance at the American Enterprise Institute?
(a) The decline of the white working class.
(b) The decline of the middle class.
(c) Welfare reform.
(d) Education reform.

4. The FSA was created in an attempt to combat a particular societal ill by resettling whom?
(a) Impoverished farmers.
(b) Appalachians.
(c) Unemployed coal miners.
(d) Native Americans.

5. Catte states that the Moynihan Report had been of little use to the United States government after which group of people denounced the report?
(a) Civil rights activists.
(b) Poor white Appalachians.
(c) Public school educators.
(d) Wealthy coal mine owners.

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of Harry Caudil's advice to William Shockley in his second letter had to do with what aspect of the study?

2. Lewis Hine became known for documenting the lives of Appalachians living in what state?

3. What template does Vance use to present his picture of Appalachia?

4. Catte states that in a "former life," (54) she had served in what position?

5. What was the name of the organization that "publicized [William Shockley's] work in white nationalist circles" (88)?

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