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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 asserts that "Harvard University paid just $2.82 in annual property taxes on 11, 182 acres of land" (13) in what year?
2. Catte states that Appalachia can be counted upon to be defined in what way?
3. Catte finds the most fault with which element of Vance's public persona during the book tour for Hillbilly Elegy?
4. Catte asserts that all but which of the following citizens of Appalachia were left out of Hillbilly Elegy?
5. What did T.C. Crawford dub Appalachia within his book about the region?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Catte's "less clinical" (8) reasons for moving back to Appalachia after a short time in Texas?
2. Provide the facts of the most basic interpretation of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
3. What event does Elizabeth Catte use to mark the timing of her move out of Appalachia six months before a particular event?
4. What action does Catte say she hopes to take in response to living in "Trump Country" (52)?
5. Why is Catte's choice of time marker in the introduction's first sentence a significant one?
6. What does Catte mean when she names the "clinical" (7) reasons for her move out of Appalachia?
7. In what decade was a government-funded visual archive of Appalachia created and what was its central focus?
8. How many states are numbered among the region of Appalachia and which state is the only one to fall wholly within the region?
9. What is Catte's main claim about the problems of the Appalachia region?
10. In what manner does Catte claim that "Appalachian scholars and activists often prefer" (14) to view their relationships with citizens of other regions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How are the themes of isolation and rejection portrayed in What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia? Examine Catte's treatment of these themes throughout the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Examine Catte's discussion of her own identity as a resident of Appalachia. What themes are touched upon within these instances and what rhetorical devices does Catte use in order to make these connections explicit?
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