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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is pruno?
(a) Fried prune paste.
(b) Baby food.
(c) Prison beer.
(d) Prison wine.

2. What does Abbott say he had to do to urinate while in the Butner institution?
(a) Beg.
(b) Stand on his head.
(c) Twist his torso.
(d) Ring a bell.

3. What does Abbott say a prisoner is killed in?
(a) Shame.
(b) Honor.
(c) Pride.
(d) Hate.

4. What does Abbott say he was sent to prison to become?
(a) A worker.
(b) A writer.
(c) A shifter.
(d) A punk.

5. What does Abbott say he suffered from for four years?
(a) Claustrophobia.
(b) Arachnophobia.
(c) Arthitis.
(d) Bipolar.

6. What does Abbott claim he contracted in institutions?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Bipolar.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Anger.

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

8. What did James say we do not do because we are sad?
(a) Kill ourselves.
(b) Make love.
(c) Scream.
(d) Shed teads.

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

10. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?
(a) A stupid wino.
(b) A smelly bum.
(c) A rambling drunk.
(d) A violent Nazi.

11. What does Abbott say prisoners live by?
(a) A code of survival.
(b) The criminal's honor.
(c) Their own laws.
(d) Their instincts.

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

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

14. What does Abbott say he pushed aside while in prison?
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Laughter.

15. What does Abbott say sex acts are demonstrations of?
(a) Love.
(b) Power.
(c) Hate.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Abbott writing to?

2. What does Abbott say he did in 1971?

3. Where does Abbott say he spent his childhood?

4. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?

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

(see the answer keys)

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