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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 sex acts are demonstrations of?
(a) Power.
(b) Hate.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love.

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

3. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?
(a) Peace.
(b) Murder.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Strike.

4. What does Abbott call the second prisoner he recalls in this chapter?
(a) Q.
(b) Y.
(c) X.
(d) Z.

5. What does the policeman mentality allow some humans to do?
(a) Make stupid rules.
(b) Rise above others.
(c) Treat people badly.
(d) Earn more money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does a starvation diet consist of?

3. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?

4. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?

5. What is the one thing a convict respects?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is psyche pain?

3. Why does Abbott say he continuously violates prison rules?

4. What is supersanity?

5. How did Abbot try to survive the starvation diet?

6. Why does Abbott compare the Hole to a coffin?

7. What does Abbott say prison punishment is aimed at?

8. What is a punk?

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

10. Who are pigs?

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