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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hole: Solitary Confinement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?
(a) He was free.
(b) He was on the run.
(c) He was alive.
(d) He had money.

2. What does Abbott liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?
(a) Floating in space.
(b) Treading tar.
(c) Swimming in ink.
(d) Sleeping in a cave.

3. What is the name of the author Abbott references at the end of the chapter?
(a) Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) William James.

4. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?
(a) Pure.
(b) Locked.
(c) Hate.
(d) Insanity.

5. What are strip cells used for?
(a) Recovery.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?

2. What does Abbott say he is amazed of the feel of when he is out of solitary?

3. What does Abbot say it is now routine for him to try to do?

4. Who was Abbott once falsely accused of stabbing?

5. What does Abbott say he had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?

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