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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hole: Solitary Confinement.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a prisoner given once a day as part of the C-300 punishment?
(a) A bath.
(b) Soup.
(c) Water.
(d) A sponge.

3. What is the name of the punishment cell Abbott stayed in for a total exceeding more than one year?
(a) The clam.
(b) The Pit.
(c) The hole.
(d) The C-300.

4. What does Abbot say it is now routine for him to try to do?
(a) Write short stories.
(b) Escape prison.
(c) Think about his homeland.
(d) Abuse the guards.

5. What does Abbott say one must fight while in the hole?
(a) Thoughts of suicide.
(b) Depression.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Routine and monotony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say one feels happening to oneself when they are in the hole?

2. What does Abbott say he pushed aside while in prison?

3. What do Abbott's fellow inmates do to ensure Abbott's release from the the starvation diet?

4. What did James say we do not do because we are sad?

5. What does Abbott say he did in 1971?

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