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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. Which of the following philosophers is Abbott particularly drawn to?
(a) Kierkgaard.
(b) Marx.
(c) Nietschze.
(d) Kant.

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

3. What does Abbott say he finds painful and angering to look into?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A window.
(d) A telescope.

4. What does Abbot like to do when he is in solitary confinement?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Write.

5. What did Abbott eat in addition to his starvation diet?
(a) Mice.
(b) Bats.
(c) Rats.
(d) Cockroaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott compare the hole to?

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

3. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?

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

5. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?

(see the answer key)

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