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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Capital Punishment and Gary Gilmore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbot like to do when he is in solitary confinement?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Write.

2. What does Abbott say is a barrier to intelligence?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Racism.
(c) Money.
(d) Materialism.

3. What does Abbott think are treated better than people in the hole?
(a) Refugees.
(b) Prisoners on death row.
(c) Animals in a zoo.
(d) Siberian war prisoners.

4. What does Abbott think it would be more humane to do to a criminal who commits violent acts?
(a) Chain him up in his own house.
(b) Brainwash him.
(c) Put him into confinemnet.
(d) Torture him.

5. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?
(a) His cell.
(b) His head.
(c) His books.
(d) His past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say one must fight while in the hole?

2. What is the title of the novel Abbott talks about in this section?

3. What did Marx say in his letter was ineffective?

4. What does Abbott compare the hole to?

5. What does Abbott say he was sent to prison to become?

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