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

2. What is a shiv?
(a) A weapon.
(b) A card game.
(c) A fossil.
(d) A kebab.

3. What kind of animal does Abbott compare to an inmate?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bull.
(c) A pig.
(d) A dog.

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

5. Which of the following does Abbott say whites use to prove they are superior?
(a) Speech tests.
(b) Reaction tests.
(c) Physiological tests.
(d) Intelligence tests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?

2. What is the name of the author Abbott references at the end of the chapter?

3. What does Abbott question about Gilmore?

4. What does Abbott call the second prisoner he recalls in this chapter?

5. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?

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