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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Abbott say a prisoner is killed in?
(a) Honor.
(b) Pride.
(c) Hate.
(d) Shame.
2. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?
(a) Murder.
(b) Strike.
(c) Peace.
(d) Revolution.
3. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?
(a) It is the only way prisoners learn.
(b) People have their different ideas of cruelty.
(c) Most prisoners have never heard about the law.
(d) Only convicts witness it.
4. What does Abbott say is the usual murder weapon?
(a) A razor.
(b) A gun.
(c) A club.
(d) A knife.
5. What does Abbott say he pushed aside while in prison?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Laughter.
6. Who does Abbot claim are evil?
(a) Probation officers.
(b) Guards.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Judges.
7. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?
(a) Pure.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Locked.
(d) Hate.
8. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?
(a) Cold air.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Fossil fuels.
(d) Warm air.
9. What is the one thing a convict respects?
(a) Moral strength.
(b) Hierachy.
(c) Violence.
(d) Immorality.
10. What is a prisoner given once a day as part of the C-300 punishment?
(a) Water.
(b) A sponge.
(c) Soup.
(d) A bath.
11. What does Abbott think theory must be studied in absence of?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Contact with other humans.
(c) Real-world experience.
(d) Women.
12. What does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?
(a) His freedom.
(b) His mind.
(c) His love.
(d) His soul.
13. Who is Abbott writing to?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Patricia Highsmith.
(d) Norman Mailer.
14. What does Abbott do in solitary confinement just to hear something?
(a) Mutters to himself.
(b) Stamps his feet.
(c) Hits the walls.
(d) Sings.
15. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?
(a) Gerard.
(b) Davis.
(c) Horatio.
(d) Peter.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?
2. What is pruno?
3. What does Abbott say sex acts are demonstrations of?
4. What mentality does Abbott say the guards have?
5. What does the policeman mentality allow some humans to do?
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