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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Capital Punishment and Gary Gilmore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What author does Abbott reference in this chapter?
(a) Gide.
(b) Camus.
(c) Stendhal.
(d) Mann.

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

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

4. What does Abbott question about Gilmore?
(a) His sanity.
(b) His sense of timing.
(c) His upbringing.
(d) His intelligence.

5. What is the one thing a convict respects?
(a) Violence.
(b) Immorality.
(c) Hierachy.
(d) Moral strength.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the worst crime one can commit while in prison?

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

3. What does Abbott call the problems his pen pal suffers from?

4. What is capital punishment said to encourage?

5. Who does Abbott say pigs don't have to answer to?

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