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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 is the name of the punishment cell Abbott stayed in for a total exceeding more than one year?
(a) The C-300.
(b) The clam.
(c) The Pit.
(d) The hole.

2. What was the name of the criminal Mailer wrote about in the Executioner's Song?
(a) Ted Bundy.
(b) Fred West.
(c) Gary Gilmore.
(d) James Banville.

3. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Peter.
(c) Gerard.
(d) Davis.

4. Who does Abbott say pigs don't have to answer to?
(a) God.
(b) The government.
(c) Themselves.
(d) The people.

5. What drug does Abbott call therapeutic?
(a) Cannabis.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Heroin.
(d) MDMA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mentality does Abbott say the guards have?

2. What does Abbott want two dollars to purchase?

3. What does Abbott think are treated better than people in the hole?

4. What kind of people does Abbott say the Vietnam Veterans killed?

5. What is the name of the Red and Black's protagonist?

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