--- title: Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · History description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… # Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908 The 15 questions of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history course of Mova's primary school with their options, 81 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t1/) — «toad got 20 years from the magistrates, that's legit how it worked back then right» What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t2/) — The crowd pelts Toad «with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words». Which old punishment is that like? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t3/) — «toad's in a castle dungeon, so prisons in 1908 were castles» What is the best answer? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t4/) — Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving dangerously, fifteen for cheeking the police. What is wrong with that? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t5/) — A girl of 12 in 1850 steals a loaf. What might have happened to her? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t6/) — The same girl steals a loaf in 1910. What is different? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t7/) — «treadmill at the gym, that's from prison?? no way» Is it true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t8/) — The washerwoman asks to be «gagged and bound» so it looks as if Toad attacked her. Why? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t9/) — «my mate says the gaoler's daughter is made up, gaolers didnt have families» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t10/) — Why might Elizabeth Fry have taught prisoners to sew and read? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t11/) — ★★★ Toad gets 1 year, then 3 years, then 15 years, and the Chairman rounds the total up to twenty. If Toad had already served 9 months when he escaped, how many months of the twenty years were left? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/e1/) — Identify the persons who, in England and Wales, adjudicate upon the lesser criminal cases. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the punishment of transportation. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/e3/) — Ascertain the principal provision of the Children Act of 1908 concerning imprisonment. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principle that a punishment should fit the crime? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [83. Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, cara…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/83-toad-s-edwardian-england-early-motor-cars-caravans-steam-trains-wash-day-and-gold-sovereigns/) - next →: [85. Olympiad: timelines, centuries and which came fi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/85-olympiad-timelines-centuries-and-which-came-first/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/)