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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. What is a prisoner given once a day as part of the C-300 punishment?

2. What does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?

3. What is a shiv?

4. What two people did Abbott learn had died during his time in the C-300 cell?

5. Who is Abbott writing to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbott describe X's death as a mercy killing?

2. What does Abbott say about homosexuality in prison?

3. How does Abbott fight the tedium of solitary confinement?

4. How do his fellow inmates save Abbott from starvation?

5. What is psyche pain?

6. What does Abbott say about revolution at the end of the chapter?

7. How does Abbott compare prison to a bull ring and the prisoner to a bull?

8. How does Abbott feel when he returns from prison life to solitary confinement?

9. Why does Abbott say he continuously violates prison rules?

10. What does Abbott say prison punishment is aimed at?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Abbott's upbringing? How much was it responsible for his incarceration?

Essay Topic 2

How has reading and studying changed Abbott as a person? What kind of person do you think he would have become if he had a proper education?

Essay Topic 3

What is supersanity? Why does Abbott think supersanity is so conducive to deep thinking?

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