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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gods and Drugs, and, Choosing Sides: Communists and Marxism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is pruno?
(a) Prison beer.
(b) Prison wine.
(c) Baby food.
(d) Fried prune paste.

2. What does Abbott say he uses heroin for?
(a) To cure homesickness.
(b) To forget time.
(c) Emotional security.
(d) A substitute for sex.

3. What does Abbott say is the only consolation available to him in prison?
(a) Sex.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Writing.

4. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?
(a) It is the only way prisoners learn.
(b) Only convicts witness it.
(c) Most prisoners have never heard about the law.
(d) People have their different ideas of cruelty.

5. What does Abbott say a prisoner is killed in?
(a) Pride.
(b) Honor.
(c) Shame.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Abbott say a prison guard can do without consequence?

3. What does Abbott say Americans have a hunger for?

4. What does Abbott say policeman obey?

5. What did Abbott eat in addition to his starvation diet?

(see the answer key)

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