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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. How did Striker kill himself?
(a) He shot himself.
(b) He starved himself.
(c) He stabbed himself.
(d) He hanged himself.

2. What was the name of the criminal Mailer wrote about in the Executioner's Song?
(a) Gary Gilmore.
(b) Fred West.
(c) James Banville.
(d) Ted Bundy.

3. What does Abbott say one must do to someone before they kill them?
(a) Watch their routine.
(b) Befriend them.
(c) Corner them.
(d) Torture them.

4. What is the worst crime one can commit while in prison?
(a) The murder of an inmate.
(b) The stealing of food.
(c) The murder of a guard.
(d) The stealing of cigarettes.

5. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?
(a) Davis.
(b) Peter.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Gerard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Abbott say he can't understand about Gilmore?

4. What was the only part of his body that X could move?

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

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