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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. Where does Abbott claim he has spent days lost?

2. What does a starvation diet consist of?

3. What is the one thing the prisoners have in common?

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

5. What does Abbott say a prison guard can do without consequence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was it like to be in the blackout cell?

3. How did the guards treat Abbott's claustrophobia?

4. What crimes does Abbott say he committed?

5. What is the policeman mentality?

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

7. What is psyche pain?

8. What does Abbott say about paranoia in this chapter?

9. Why is murder so common in prison?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is supersanity? Why does Abbott think supersanity is so conducive to deep thinking?

Essay Topic 2

How has prison torture affected Abbott? How have laws changed since? Why was such punishment deemed as unhelpful for the prison environment?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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