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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 was the name of the town's dance hall Abbott was passing through?

2. What political system attracts Abbott?

3. What is Abbott's pen pal's ambition?

4. What is capital punishment said to encourage?

5. What does Abbott say Americans have a hunger for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Abbott say about simple things?

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

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

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

6. What was the third racist incident Abbott experienced during his time away from prison?

7. What is Abbott's opinion on religion?

8. Why does Abbott consider Alexander Solzhenitsyn a traitor?

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

10. Why does Abbott say he admires Russia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did so many people in American prisons take up the principles of Communism? How did the Communists take adavantage of this?

Essay Topic 2

Who was Gary Gilmore and why does Abbott talk about him in his letters? Why does Abbott feel able to distance himself from Gilmore's crimes and beliefs?

Essay Topic 3

What is the human element in religion? Why can Abbott never believe in God despite his respect for people that do?

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