In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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In the Belly of the Beast: Letters from Prison Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 100 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?
(a) He hit a police officer.
(b) He bought a car with someone else's credit card.
(c) He stabbed a clerk to death.
(d) He issued a check against insufficient funds.

2. What does Abbott say he dreamed about in his hotel room?
(a) Hell.
(b) Family.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Prison.

3. Where does Abbott say he spent his childhood?
(a) Penal institutions.
(b) Orphanages.
(c) Foster homes.
(d) Work farms.

4. What does Abbott do in solitary confinement just to hear something?
(a) Mutters to himself.
(b) Sings.
(c) Hits the walls.
(d) Stamps his feet.

5. What does Abbott liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?
(a) Floating in space.
(b) Sleeping in a cave.
(c) Swimming in ink.
(d) Treading tar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city did Abbott escape to?

2. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?

3. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?

4. Which of the following does Abbott say strikes him as beautiful when he is out of solitary?

5. What does Abbott think are treated better than people in the hole?

(see the answer key)

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