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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 is the form of the truth from a certain view point?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Prison life.
(d) Real life.

2. Why does Abbott say he would like to understand Gilmore?
(a) So he can understand himself.
(b) So he can understand life.
(c) So he can write a book.
(d) So he can understand evil.

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

4. What does Abbot say the author has unwittingly portrayed Sorel as?
(a) A homosexual.
(b) A bisexual.
(c) A God.
(d) An evil entity.

5. What two people have to work together for the Communist revolution to work?
(a) The upperclass and the workingclass.
(b) The middleclass and the peasants.
(c) The non-whites and the whites.
(d) The peasant and the worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say is a barrier to intelligence?

2. Why does Abbott think Gilmore is asking for the death penalty?

3. In what state was a black farmer fined for double parking?

4. Who does Abbott say beat him up outside the dance hall in #152?

5. What was the name of the town's dance hall Abbott was passing through?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abbott think Cuba needs?

2. What was the first incident of racism Abbott experienced during his time away from prison?

3. What was the third racist incident Abbott experienced during his time away from prison?

4. Why does Abbott think Gilmore insists on the death penalty?

5. Why does Abbott say he lost interest in his female pen pal?

6. What does Communist philosophy say about prejudice?

7. How did Blackie try to expose the prison system?

8. Why does Abbott consider Alexander Solzhenitsyn a traitor?

9. How does Abbott link prejudice to testing?

10. What does Abbott say about simple things?

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