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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 7-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Catte use to name the nonfiction genre associated with John Saward's essay in Vanity Fair?
(a) Trump Country.
(b) The Trump Delusion.
(c) The Land of Trump.
(d) The Trump Oasis.

2. Both Trump and what other candidate won Appalachia by a wide margin in the 2016 West Virginia primary?
(a) Carson.
(b) Sanders.
(c) Rubio.
(d) Clinton.

3. Catte asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1951.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1941.

4. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?
(a) Conservatives.
(b) People of color.
(c) Young people.
(d) Environmentalists.

5. Catte began cataloguing what two types of documents about the "Appalachia Problem" (8)?
(a) Census forms and essays.
(b) Land covenants and interviews.
(c) Letters and land covenants.
(d) Interviews and essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte laments the tradition of "casting Appalachia as what kind of 'other America'" (8)?

2. Catte insists that people in power use the designation of otherness for Appalachia for what reason?

3. Whose voices are often excluded from conversations about Appalachia in the media, according to Catte?

4. What county became the synonymous with the term "Trump Country," (32) according to Catte?

5. Who is reported to be directing the film of Hillbilly Elegy?

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