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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "the most offensive 'Trump Country'" (98) essay Catte has encountered was published in what publication?
(a) The Louisville Tribune.
(b) The National Review.
(c) The Charleston Gazette.
(d) The New Republic.

2. Anne Braden attended the trial of which of her family members when he was accused of sedition?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her brother.

3. In what decade were Harry Caudil's works about Appalachia published?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1960s.

4. Harry Caudill asserted throughout his life that Appalachians' purported "dependency had something to do with" (85) what?
(a) Their poverty.
(b) Their defective genes.
(c) Their lack of educational opportunities.
(d) Their climate.

5. In what year did William Shockley debate the African American psychiatrist Frances Cress Welsing (84)?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. Catte discusses which president's extensive campaigning within Appalachia as a factor in the negative portrayals of Appalachians?

2. In what state did Dan Gibson use "armed resistance to route bulldozers off his family land" (100)?

3. Charles Murray is described as having taken what action before later describing it as "a teenage prank" (88)?

4. In what year did Harry Caudill pass away?

5. Huey Perry was instrumental in "directing community action groups in the poorest parts of" (103) what state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Catte provide for dealing with the Hillbilly Elegy zeitgeist, and what actions does Jillean McCommons add to that advice?

2. What connection does Catte draw among William Shockley, Harry Caudill, and J.D. Vance?

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. Describe the incident with Ollie Combs in 1965.

6. 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?

7. What does Catte name as the main flaw of popular narratives depicting Appalachia?

8. What is a goal Catte names as NOT being achieved by the War on Poverty?

9. What tradition does Catte name as "one of the finest and oldest Appalachian traditions" (98)?

10. What fault does Catte find with the strategy of trying to ignore the implications of Hillbilly Elegy's success?

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