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1The [blank_start]Black Act[blank_end] 1723 declared that [blank_start]poaching[blank_end] was a capital offence.
- ABlack Act
- Bpoaching
2Highway robbers who operated on foot were known as [blank_start]footpads[blank_end] and those on horseback were termed [blank_start]highwaymen[blank_end].
- Afootpads
- Bhighwaymen
3How many people demonstrated in London for the Tolpuddle Martyrs?
- A80,000
- B90,000
- C100,000
- D110,000
4There were [blank_start]222[blank_end] capital crimes in 1810.
- A222
- B50
- C197
- D160
5The transportation of convicts to Australia ended in 1868.
- ATrue
- BFalse
6Who published The State of Prisons in England and Wales in 1771?
- AJeremy Bentham
- BJohn Howard
- CSir George Paul
- DElizabeth Fry
7Pentonville Prison in 1842 promoted the first '[blank_start]separate system[blank_end]'.
- Aseparate system
- Bdivision system
- Csplitting system
- Dward system
8Sir Edmund Du Cane (Assistant Director of Prisons) promised prisoners >
[blank_start]Hard labour[blank_end]: physically demanding work for 12 hours each day
[blank_start]Hard fare[blank_end]: boring and plain diet, same food served every day
[blank_start]Hard board[blank_end]: beds made out of wood, instead of hammocks- AHard labour
- BHard fare
- CHard board
9Who set up London's first crime-fighting unit?
- AHenry Fielding
- BJohn Fielding
- CJeremy Bentham
- DRobert Peel
10When was the Metropolitan Police Act passed?
- A1827
- B1828
- C1829
- D1830
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