Ancient Crime and Punishment Quiz

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What was Gu poisoning?

food chain poisoning

toxic redtide in the Yellow River

an invasive fish that poisoned food supplies

a concotion made of spiders, toads, and snakes

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What was used in the first two types of punishments?

a 3.5 ft rod

a leather whip

a guillotine

metal chains

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Male prisoners facing the death penalty were placed in a _________?

abomination

cangue

perfecture

sector

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What was the punishment for the son striking a father?

punishment by death

sent to a woodshed

Confucius forgave them

were forced to work in the family garden

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What was the name of the Chinese Police Force?

Red Guards

Ten Abominations

Gold Bird Guards

Tang Guards

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What is it called when someone is sent 1,000 miles away and forced to work?

treason

abomination

sedition

exile

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What were the worst crimes called during the Tang dynasty?

concubines

Ten Abominations

Nanjing

Temujin

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How were Tang prisoners executed?

strangulation and decapitation

fire squad

Gu poisoning

they were whipped with a 3.5 ft rod until death

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Who were required to help the Chinese police?

all elderly family members of the victim

all able bodied bystanders

all disabled peasants

children

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If a father died serving a sentence for tax evasion, what happened?

the crime was forgiven

the wife had to pay back the money

the son could be forced to complete the sentence

the daughter became propety of the prefecture

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