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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 say he finds painful and angering to look into?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A telescope.
(c) A microscope.
(d) A window.

2. What is the name of the author Abbott references at the end of the chapter?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway.
(b) Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) William James.
(d) Henry James.

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

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

5. How did the guards try to control Abbott's claustrophobia?
(a) They tied him to his bed.
(b) They gave him a bigger cell.
(c) They sedated him at night.
(d) They put a stop to his solitary confinement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott call the gradual wearing away of healthy aspects of one's psychology?

2. What does the policeman mentality allow some humans to do?

3. What is the name of the poem Abbott recites in this chapter?

4. What does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

2. How did the guards treat Abbott's claustrophobia?

3. Why does Abbott describe X's death as a mercy killing?

4. How does Abbott fight the tedium of solitary confinement?

5. What was it like to be in the blackout cell?

6. What does Abbott say about the noise in a prison?

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

8. What is the policeman mentality?

9. What does Abbott say about paranoia in this chapter?

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

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