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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 does Abbott say prison has tried but failed to take away from him?

2. Who does Abbott say he does not believe in?

3. What was Abbott sent to Butner North Carolina Correctional Institute for?

4. Where does Abbott say he spent his childhood?

5. What does Abbott compare the hole to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Abbott say about his early life?

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

5. What is a punk?

6. What was Abbott's time like at the Butner North Carolina Federal Correctional Institution?

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

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

9. What does Abbott say about homosexuality in prison?

10. What happened to Striker?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Abbott think rehabilitation rather than punishment is the key to curing prisoners? How could you criticize Abbott's view?

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