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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Capital Punishment and Gary Gilmore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are strip cells used for?
(a) Recovery.
(b) Reading.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Surgery.

2. What does Abbott say sex acts are demonstrations of?
(a) Hate.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

3. Who is Abbott writing to?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) Truman Capote.
(c) Ernest Hemmingway.
(d) Patricia Highsmith.

4. What does Abbott claim has been robbed from him?
(a) His destiny.
(b) His perception of human behavior.
(c) His concept of time.
(d) His understanding of the world.

5. When did Blackie seize four guards as hostages?
(a) During an attempted escape.
(b) During a riot.
(c) During a strike.
(d) During solitary confinement.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political system attracts Abbott?

3. What does Abbot say Americans love?

4. What was the only part of his body that X could move?

5. What did James say we do not do because we are sad?

(see the answer key)

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