Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A trial by ordeal was a very dangerous and often impossible test to prove the guilt or innocence of the accused.
2. One early punishment was the hulk, which was a device that constrained an individual to receive constant scolding from others.
3. The pillory was similar to the stock except the pillory consisted of a single large bored hole where the offender’s neck would rest.
4. The most widely used form of corporal punishment was whipping, which dates back to the Romans, the Greeks, and even the Egyptians as a sanction for both judicial and educational discipline
5. ndentured servants in the American colonies included only slaves as a form of punishment.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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