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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?
(a) He issued a check against insufficient funds.
(b) He hit a police officer.
(c) He bought a car with someone else's credit card.
(d) He stabbed a clerk to death.

2. Where does Abbott say he is marched to as a thirteen-year-old boy?
(a) A coal mine.
(b) A bomb shelter.
(c) A beach.
(d) A mess hall.

3. What do Abbott's fellow inmates do to ensure Abbott's release from the the starvation diet?
(a) Take a guard hostage.
(b) Give Abbott their food.
(c) Go on strike.
(d) Break Abbott free.

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

5. What happens to Abbott after twenty three days in the blackout cell?
(a) He has a nervous breakdown.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He starts to hallucinate.
(d) He has a seizure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug is Abbott give to stop him from hallucinating?

2. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?

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

4. What are strip cells used for?

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

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