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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Abbott say drugs are his antidote to?
(a) God.
(b) The pigs.
(c) Himself.
(d) The devil.

4. Who does Abbott say whites are taught to hate in prison?
(a) Authority.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Jews.
(d) Non-whites.

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

6. What does Abbott believes happens to the earliest revolutionaries?
(a) They live uncomfortable lives.
(b) They are murdered.
(c) They die unknown.
(d) They are martyrs.

7. What kind of people does Abbott say the Vietnam Veterans killed?
(a) God-fearing people.
(b) Peaceful people.
(c) Machine-like people.
(d) Doll-like people.

8. What is the name of the prison system Solzyhenitsyn exposed?
(a) Gulag.
(b) Viddy.
(c) Mluvim.
(d) Bent.

9. What did Blackie say he wanted to lift the veil on?
(a) His sadness.
(b) His own madness.
(c) The brutality of the guards.
(d) The prison system.

10. Who runs the dance hall mentioned in #152?
(a) Mormons.
(b) Ex-slaves.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Baptists.

11. What does Abbott claim has been robbed from him?
(a) His concept of time.
(b) His destiny.
(c) His understanding of the world.
(d) His perception of human behavior.

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

13. What political system attracts Abbott?
(a) Communism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Fascism.
(d) Capitalism.

14. What does Abbott say he admires about religion?
(a) The human element.
(b) The moral code.
(c) The good stories.
(d) The evil.

15. What is capital punishment said to encourage?
(a) Murder.
(b) GBH.
(c) Crime books.
(d) Crime films.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abbott say he wishes for instability?

2. What does Abbott think it would be more humane to do to a criminal who commits violent acts?

3. What did one newspaper document that happened following several executions?

4. What science does Abbott say intelligence tests are the product of?

5. What is the name of Mailer's book about a true crime?

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