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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 the American prison does rather than rehabilitate?
(a) Create crime.
(b) Destroy.
(c) Create hate.
(d) Punish.

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

3. What does Abbott say he is conflicted about?
(a) His love for his country.
(b) The prospect of a family.
(c) The prospect of freedom.
(d) Moving to another prison.

4. Which country does Abbott say is Cuba's master?
(a) Britain.
(b) USSR.
(c) USA.
(d) China.

5. What was the name of the criminal Mailer wrote about in the Executioner's Song?
(a) Fred West.
(b) Gary Gilmore.
(c) Ted Bundy.
(d) James Banville.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott say is the form of the truth from a certain view point?

2. What does Abbott believes happens to the earliest revolutionaries?

3. What did the restaurant do with the young man's food?

4. What is Abbott's pen pal's ambition?

5. Why does Abbott think Blackie did not hang himself?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Abbot state are his reasons for taking heroin and marijuana?

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

4. What does Abbott say about American justice?

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

6. How does Abbott link prejudice to testing?

7. What does Communist philosophy say about prejudice?

8. What is Abbott's opinion on freedom?

9. Why does Abbott think Gilmore feels guilty about his crimes?

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

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