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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. Who does Abbott say he has to sit next to everyday at breakfast?

2. What drug is Abbott give to stop him from hallucinating?

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

4. What is the one thing a convict respects?

5. How did Striker kill himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Abbott say about his early life?

2. Why does Abbott say Pigs are so dangerous?

3. What is supersanity?

4. How did the guards treat Abbott's claustrophobia?

5. What does Abbott say about revolution at the end of the chapter?

6. How does Abbott compare prison to a bull ring and the prisoner to a bull?

7. How do his fellow inmates save Abbott from starvation?

8. What does Abbott say the prisoners have in common?

9. How does Abbott feel when he returns from prison life to solitary confinement?

10. How does Abbott fight the tedium of solitary confinement?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Abbott's relationship with Mailer and why do the students he feels free to talk him like he does? How did their relationship develop after the book was published?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How has reading and studying changed Abbott as a person? What kind of person do you think he would have become if he had a proper education?

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