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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Abbott say one feels happening to oneself when they are in the hole?
(a) Dying.
(b) Convulsing.
(c) Decaying.
(d) Going mad.

4. What does Abbott say he is amazed of the feel of when he is out of solitary?
(a) A man's hair.
(b) A piece of carpet.
(c) A piece of wood.
(d) A guard's jacket.

5. What does Abbott call the gradual wearing away of healthy aspects of one's psychology?
(a) Supersanity.
(b) Supersensory.
(c) Locked-on.
(d) Psyche-pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a cell that has no light coming into it?

2. What do guards look upon prisoners as?

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

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

5. What of the following does Abbott say gives a security guard a reason for shooting a prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is life like for Abbott in solitary confinement at the juvenile center?

2. What is psyche pain?

3. What is the policeman mentality?

4. What does Abbott say about homosexuality in prison?

5. What does Abbott say about revolution at the end of the chapter?

6. What is a punk?

7. What crimes does Abbott say he committed?

8. Who are pigs?

9. How does Abbott compare prison to a bull ring and the prisoner to a bull?

10. What is supersanity?

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