Find the answers to these questions in the text and then choose the option which is closest to your answer (A, B, C, D).

1. How is the infliction of punishment usually justified?

A It is an ethical response to unacceptable behaviour.

B It is necessary in order to preserve people’s authority.

C Society would collapse if people who broke the law were not punished.

D It is a natural emotional response to wrongdoing.

2. How is prison usually seen to punish criminals?

A It imposes a variety of restrictions on them.

B It takes away their freedom.

C It makes them less likely to commit further offences.

D It does not allow prisoners contact with their families.

3. What do most commentators see as the purpose of prison?

A to be as punitive and as restrictive as possible

B to reform and rehabilitate prisoners

C to act as a deterrent against offending again

D to punish criminals and make them useful, honest citizens

4. Why is the use of imprisonment unsatisfactory in many cases?

A Everyone involved is unsure of its value.

B The offender regards it only as a means of punishment.

C The victim receives no benefit from the punishment.

D The public doesn’t trust the system to work.

5. What changes does the author want to see in the way criminals are punished?

A the abandonment of prison as a form of punishment

B the introduction of alternative forms of justice for some crimes

C the opportunity given to criminals to repair the harm they have done

D the adoption of forms of justice which operate in other countries

Text C