View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following philosophers is Abbott particularly drawn to?
(a) Nietschze.
(b) Marx.
(c) Kant.
(d) Kierkgaard.

2. Why does Abbott think the law against cruel and unusual punishment is a joke?
(a) People have their different ideas of cruelty.
(b) It is the only way prisoners learn.
(c) Only convicts witness it.
(d) Most prisoners have never heard about the law.

3. What is the name of a cell that has no light coming into it?
(a) An iron maiden.
(b) A dark cell.
(c) A black out cell.
(d) A night cell.

4. What is the name of the punishment cell Abbott stayed in for a total exceeding more than one year?
(a) The hole.
(b) The C-300.
(c) The Pit.
(d) The clam.

5. What does Abbott say one must do to someone before they kill them?
(a) Corner them.
(b) Torture them.
(c) Befriend them.
(d) Watch their routine.

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

7. What does Abbott call the gradual wearing away of healthy aspects of one's psychology?
(a) Supersanity.
(b) Psyche-pain.
(c) Locked-on.
(d) Supersensory.

8. What does Abbott say he was sent to prison to become?
(a) A worker.
(b) A writer.
(c) A shifter.
(d) A punk.

9. What does Abbott believe prison controls?
(a) One's life.
(b) One's body.
(c) One's thoughts.
(d) One's potential.

10. What does Abbott say policeman obey?
(a) The state.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Violence.

11. What do guards look upon prisoners as?
(a) Evil-beings.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Animals.
(d) Slaves.

12. What does Abbott say he suffered from for four years?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) Arachnophobia.
(c) Claustrophobia.
(d) Arthitis.

13. What city did Abbott escape to?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Montreal.
(c) New York.
(d) New Orleans.

14. What kind of animal does Abbott compare to an inmate?
(a) A dog.
(b) A pig.
(c) A bull.
(d) A cat.

15. What does Abbott compare the hole to?
(a) A nail bed.
(b) A coffin.
(c) An iron maiden.
(d) An sacrificial altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abbott think theory must be studied in absence of?

2. What does Abbott say was the only serious crime he committed in free society?

3. Who is the punk the slave to?

4. What does Abbott call all of the employees within the prison system?

5. What does Abbott say is the usual murder weapon?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 365 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample