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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 his wider calling?
(a) The urging of worldwide Communist revolution.
(b) The campaigning for justice.
(c) The campaigning of prisoners' rights.
(d) The urging of love and peace.

2. What does Abbott think Gilmore is attracted to?
(a) The afterlife.
(b) The death sentence.
(c) The underworld.
(d) Fame.

3. In what state was a black farmer fined for double parking?
(a) Texas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) New York.
(d) Kentucky.

4. What political system attracts Abbott?
(a) Capitalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Fascism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug does Abbott say helps him to think about philosophical matters?

2. What does Abbot say Americans love?

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

4. Which country does Abbott not like to hear compared favorably with America?

5. Who does Abbott say are the only people able to cut through prejudice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abbott think about Gary Gilmore?

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

3. Why does Abbott not like the prisoner who denounces sex, drink and drugs?

4. How does Abbott link prejudice to testing?

5. What does Abbott say about Stendhal's novel, THE RED AND THE BLACK?

6. How does prison blacken men's hearts?

7. Why does Abbott consider Alexander Solzhenitsyn a traitor?

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

9. What is Abbott's opinion of American society?

10. What was Marx's views on capital punishment?

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