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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 is the form of the truth from a certain view point?

2. What does Abbott say the American prison does rather than rehabilitate?

3. What is the name of the prisoner Abbott recalls in this section?

4. What does Abbott say he can't understand about Gilmore?

5. Who did Blackie demand enter the the prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Abbott think Cuba needs?

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

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

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

6. What was the first incident of racism Abbott experienced during his time away from prison?

7. What does Abbott say about American justice?

8. What does Abbott think about Gary Gilmore?

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

10. Why does Abbott consider Alexander Solzhenitsyn a traitor?

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

In what way does power play a big part in prison relationships? How has Abbott managed to maintain his own power and what does this say about how prison has molded him as a person?^

Essay Topic 3

Why does Abbott think democracy is so slanted against black people? In what way does Communist philosophy try to do away with such prejudice?

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