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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Abbott eat in addition to his starvation diet?

2. What is the name of the author Abbott references at the end of the chapter?

3. What city did Abbott escape to?

4. What does Abbott say one must fight while in the hole?

5. What does Abbott call intelligence robbed of experience?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Abbott say about homosexuality in prison?

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

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

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

8. What does Abbott say about revolution at the end of the chapter?

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

10. What crimes does Abbott say he committed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Abbott feel it is important to choose sides? What problems occur from people choosing one side over the other? Are these problems apparent in Abbott's own life?

Essay Topic 2

What is Marx's view on capital punishment? What examples can you think of that either go against or back up his claim? What are your own opinions on capital punishment?

Essay Topic 3

What is Abbott's relationship with Mailer and why do the students he feels free to talk him like he does? How did their relationship develop after the book was published?

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