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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 liken the experience of a being in a black cell to?
(a) Floating in space.
(b) Treading tar.
(c) Sleeping in a cave.
(d) Swimming in ink.

2. Which of the following does Abbott say strikes him as beautiful when he is out of solitary?
(a) Security guards.
(b) Broth.
(c) Bleached floors.
(d) Prison shirts.

3. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?
(a) His cell.
(b) His head.
(c) His past.
(d) His books.

4. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?
(a) It is the only way prisoners learn.
(b) Only convicts witness it.
(c) Most prisoners have never heard about the law.
(d) People have their different ideas of cruelty.

5. What does Abbott think will end the policeman mentality?
(a) A prisoner strike.
(b) A worker's revolution.
(c) World War Three.
(d) A worldwide revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say prisoners live by?

2. What does Abbot say is the natural result of prison violence?

3. What is the name of the prisoner Abbott recalls in this section?

4. Which of the following philosophers is Abbott particularly drawn to?

5. What does Abbott call the second prisoner he recalls in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is murder so common in prison?

2. What is a punk?

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

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

5. What happened to Abbott when he tried to run away from the juvenile center?

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

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

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

9. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

10. What does Abbott say the prisoners have in common?

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