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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 guilt is a matter of?
(a) The heart.
(b) The state.
(c) Society.
(d) The mind.

2. What does Abbott say Americans have a hunger for?
(a) Burgers.
(b) Religion.
(c) The death penalty.
(d) True crime.

3. Which country does Abbott say is Cuba's master?
(a) Britain.
(b) USSR.
(c) China.
(d) USA.

4. What does Abbott want two dollars to purchase?
(a) Tea.
(b) Toothpaste.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Broth.

5. What does Abbott say he uses heroin for?
(a) A substitute for sex.
(b) Emotional security.
(c) To cure homesickness.
(d) To forget time.

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

7. Who did Blackie demand enter the the prison?
(a) The senator.
(b) The President.
(c) The media.
(d) Goldie Hawn.

8. What does Abbott think communists fight for?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Institutions.
(c) Human rights.
(d) Prisoners.

9. Why does Abbott think Gilmore is asking for the death penalty?
(a) He hates himself.
(b) He doesn't want to go to prison.
(c) He believes in the next life.
(d) He bears an inner guilt.

10. What is the name of the Red and Black's protagonist?
(a) Mercault.
(b) Tom Ripley.
(c) Gordon Smith.
(d) Julien Sorel.

11. What does Abbott say is the form of the truth from a certain view point?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Real life.
(d) Prison life.

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

13. What political leader does Abbott liken himself to?
(a) Khruschev.
(b) Castro.
(c) Hitler.
(d) Stalin.

14. What do the guards claim happened to Blackie?
(a) He was set free.
(b) He hanged himself.
(c) He shot himself.
(d) He was moved to another prison.

15. When did Blackie seize four guards as hostages?
(a) During an attempted escape.
(b) During a riot.
(c) During solitary confinement.
(d) During a strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was an autopsy never performed on Blackie?

2. Which country does Abbott say he admires?

3. What does Abbott say the man that denies human nature is denying for himself?

4. What does Abbott say ex-prisoners can never get honestly?

5. What political figure does Abbott say he feels close to?

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