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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 Abbott say guilt is a matter of?
(a) The heart.
(b) The mind.
(c) The state.
(d) Society.

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

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

4. What does Abbott call intelligence robbed of experience?
(a) Depravity.
(b) Supersanity.
(c) Genius.
(d) Real intelligence.

5. Why does Abbott think Gilmore is asking for the death penalty?
(a) He believes in the next life.
(b) He bears an inner guilt.
(c) He hates himself.
(d) He doesn't want to go to prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say a prisoner is killed in?

2. What does Abbot like to do when he is in solitary confinement?

3. What was the name of the criminal Mailer wrote about in the Executioner's Song?

4. What is the name of the prisoner Abbott recalls in this section?

5. What does Abbott call the gradual wearing away of healthy aspects of one's psychology?

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