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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the poem Abbott recites in this chapter?
(a) Death.
(b) Fools.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) Lies.
2. What does Abbott say intelligence becomes if it is robbed of actual experience?
(a) Locked.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Pure.
(d) Hate.
3. What is the name of the author Abbott references at the end of the chapter?
(a) William James.
(b) Ernest Hemmingway.
(c) Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Henry James.
4. What is the name of the punk Abbott refers to in this chapter?
(a) Peter.
(b) Davis.
(c) Gerard.
(d) Horatio.
5. What does Abbott call the second prisoner he recalls in this chapter?
(a) Y.
(b) Z.
(c) X.
(d) Q.
6. What does Abbott say he finds painful and angering to look into?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A window.
(c) A telescope.
(d) A mirror.
7. What does Abbott say his lungs were burning with?
(a) Fossil fuels.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Cold air.
(d) Warm air.
8. What is the one thing the prisoners have in common?
(a) The moral codes.
(b) Their need for women.
(c) Their hatred for the guards.
(d) Their boredom.
9. What does Abbott say a bull is pricked with?
(a) Pins.
(b) Daggers.
(c) Spears.
(d) Needles.
10. What did Abbott do to conserve energy during his starvation diet?
(a) Lay still.
(b) Read.
(c) Held his breath.
(d) Meditate.
11. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?
(a) A smelly bum.
(b) A stupid wino.
(c) A violent Nazi.
(d) A rambling drunk.
12. What does Abbot say it is now routine for him to try to do?
(a) Think about his homeland.
(b) Abuse the guards.
(c) Write short stories.
(d) Escape prison.
13. What does Abbott think will end the policeman mentality?
(a) A worldwide revolution.
(b) World War Three.
(c) A worker's revolution.
(d) A prisoner strike.
14. What does Abbott say one feels happening to oneself when they are in the hole?
(a) Decaying.
(b) Going mad.
(c) Convulsing.
(d) Dying.
15. What do guards look upon prisoners as?
(a) Aliens.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Animals.
(d) Evil-beings.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Abbott think theory must be studied in absence of?
2. Who is the punk the slave to?
3. What was Abbott sent to Butner North Carolina Correctional Institute for?
4. What does Abbott say he can't control?
5. Why was Abbott sent to the Utah State Penitentiary?
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