Question 1

---___________ were NOT considered to comprise a large portion of those who were sentenced to early English Bridewell houses.
A) Orphans
B) The poor
C) Prostitutes
D) Serial murderers

Accepted Answer

Serial murderers were not typically sentenced to early English Bridewell houses, which were more focused on minor offenders such as the poor, orphans, and prostitutes.

Question 2

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Utilitarianism

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Question 3

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Enlightenment

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 4

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Corporal punishment

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Question 5

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Hulk

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 6

Benefit of clergy was extended to .
A) all men deemed worthy by the kind
B) all wealthy aristocrats of the realm
C) monks and nuns only
D) all literate persons

Accepted Answer

Benefit of clergy originally allowed clerics to be tried in ecclesiastical courts rather than in secular courts. Over time, it was extended to anyone who could read, as literacy was rare and often associated with members of the clergy. This loophole allowed many literate individuals to avoid harsher penalties in secular courts.

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a medieval form of capital punishment?
A) Being flayed alive
B) Being broken on the wheel
C) Being subjected to the rack
D) Being fed to lions

Accepted Answer

Being fed to lions was a form of capital punishment in ancient Rome rather than in the medieval period. The other options were indeed used in medieval times.

Question 8

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Classical criminology

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 9

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Galley slavery

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 10

The emphasis of the on the importance of hard work and on the sinfulness of sloth sparked European reformers to urge that some means be used to provide work for the idle poor.
A) Jewish Restoration
B) Protestant Reformation
C) Catholic Crusades
D) Spanish Inquisition

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation, initiated by figures like Martin Luther and John Calvin, emphasized the importance of hard work and viewed sloth as sinful. This led to a push for providing work for the idle poor as part of the broader societal reforms advocated by the movement.

Question 11

The was born out of concern for the sinfulness of sloth.
A) wergild
B) workhouse
C) penitentiary
D) bridewell

Accepted Answer

Workhouses were established to address the issue of poverty and idleness, which were often associated with the sinfulness of sloth. They aimed to provide work and discipline to the poor and unemployed.

Question 12

were abandoned ships that the English converted to hold convicts during a period of prison crowding between 1776 and 1790.
A) Hulks
B) Galleys
C) Cells
D) Workships

Accepted Answer

Hulks were old ships repurposed by the English to confine prisoners due to overcrowding in prisons, particularly during the period from 1776 to 1790.

Question 13

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Lex talionis

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 14

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-House of corrections

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 15

A house of was a detention facility that combined the major elements of the workhouse, poorhouse, and penal industry by both disciplining the incarcerated individuals and setting them to work.
A) solitude
B) correction
C) penance
D) redemption

Accepted Answer

The correct term is "house of correction," which was a type of facility designed to reform inmates by subjecting them to disciplined work.

Question 16

Scholars point to the __________ as the first comprehensive statement of prohibited behaviors and the punishments for each.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Scholars point to the __________ as the...

Question 17

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Benefit of clergy

Accepted Answer

The answer of Match each item to the phrase or...

Question 18

was an English prison reformer whose research and writing led to the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779 by the House of Commons.
A) Franklin Shepard
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Michael Rourke
D) John Howard

Accepted Answer

John Howard was a significant figure in prison reform during the 18th century, whose extensive research and advocacy were pivotal in the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779, aiming to improve the conditions within British prisons.

Question 19

Match each item to the phrase or sentence listed below.
a. Punishment to a body inflicting pain
b. Law of civil society
c. Forced rowing
d. Detention facility
e. Pleasure over pain
f. The right to be tried in ecclesiastical court
g. Retaliation
h. Age of Reason
i. A form of banishment
j. Free will and severe punishment
-Secular law

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

The law of the civil society as distinguished from church law is known as .
A) natural law
B) lex talionis
C) secular law
D) benefit of clergy

Accepted Answer

Secular law refers to the law of the civil society as distinguished from church law, which is concerned with religious and spiritual matters.

Quiz 2: The Early History of Correctional Thought and Practice

---___________ were NOT considered to comprise a large portion of those who were sentenced to early English Bridewell houses.

Benefit of clergy was extended to .

Which of the following was NOT a medieval form of capital punishment?

The emphasis of the on the importance of hard work and on the sinfulness of sloth sparked European reformers to urge that some means be used to provide work for the idle poor.

The was born out of concern for the sinfulness of sloth.

were abandoned ships that the English converted to hold convicts during a period of prison crowding between 1776 and 1790.

A house of was a detention facility that combined the major elements of the workhouse, poorhouse, and penal industry by both disciplining the incarcerated individuals and setting them to work.

Scholars point to the __________ as the first comprehensive statement of prohibited behaviors and the punishments for each.

was an English prison reformer whose research and writing led to the passage of the Penitentiary Act of 1779 by the House of Commons.

The law of the civil society as distinguished from church law is known as .