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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Varieties of Punishment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?
(a) They put a stop to his solitary confinement.
(b) They sedated him at night.
(c) They gave him a bigger cell.
(d) They tied him to his bed.

2. What is a prisoner given once a day as part of the C-300 punishment?
(a) Soup.
(b) A bath.
(c) Water.
(d) A sponge.

3. What does Abbott say he did in 1971?
(a) Killed a guard.
(b) Attended a funeral.
(c) Escaped prison.
(d) Killed an inmate.

4. What two people did Abbott learn had died during his time in the C-300 cell?
(a) Bobby Kennedy and his father.
(b) President Nixon and his brother.
(c) Malcolm X and his sister.
(d) JFK and his mother.

5. What did Abbott do to conserve energy during his starvation diet?
(a) Read.
(b) Held his breath.
(c) Lay still.
(d) Meditate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abbott say he is marched to as a thirteen-year-old boy?

2. What does a starvation diet consist of?

3. What city did Abbott escape to?

4. What are strip cells used for?

5. What does Abbott liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?

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