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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 intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pure.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Locked.

2. What did Abbott do to conserve energy during his starvation diet?
(a) Read.
(b) Held his breath.
(c) Lay still.
(d) Meditate.

3. What is the name of a cell that has no light coming into it?
(a) A dark cell.
(b) An iron maiden.
(c) A night cell.
(d) A black out cell.

4. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?
(a) Fraud.
(b) GBH.
(c) Bank robbery.
(d) Car theft.

5. What does Abbott say he forgot while in his hotel room?
(a) He had money.
(b) He was on the run.
(c) He was alive.
(d) He was free.

6. Who is Abbott writing to?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Patricia Highsmith.
(d) Norman Mailer.

7. What does Abbott believe prison controls?
(a) One's body.
(b) One's potential.
(c) One's thoughts.
(d) One's life.

8. 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 hole.
(c) The clam.
(d) The Pit.

9. Who was Abbott once falsely accused of stabbing?
(a) A fellow inmate.
(b) A priest.
(c) A prison guard.
(d) A warden.

10. What does Abbott call all of the employees within the prison system?
(a) Rotters.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Psychos.

11. What does Abbott comapre the noise one hears inside a prison to?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) A mental hospital.
(c) The Senate.
(d) A zoo.

12. What happens to Abbott after twenty three days in the blackout cell?
(a) He starts to hallucinate.
(b) He has a seizure.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He has a nervous breakdown.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do guards look upon prisoners as?

2. What does Abbott say becomes reality while in solitary confinement?

3. What was Abbott sent to Butner North Carolina Correctional Institute for?

4. What does Abbott say he suffered from for four years?

5. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?

(see the answer keys)

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