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CRIME AND POVERTY
Exercise
1. «Different eras will sometimes have differing facets of the same explanation to explain away the evil in
men's hearts.»(11.4-5) In paras. 1 and 2 Koch gives us two «facets of the same explanation (11.4-5)»for the evil
that men do. At first, these «facets» seem like two different types of explanations. 1) Instructions: Fill in the
chart below, providing the appropriate explanations in each of the blank spaces.
Type A Type B
( psychological) ( Socio-Economic )
17th centry
end of 18th centry
19th centry
20th centry
2. What do explanations A and B have in common? (Where does Koch give the answer to this questions)?
3. Who is the «average person» (11.30, 119)? What does he believe?
4. Who are the «elitists» (1.33)? What do they believe?
5. With whom does Koch assume that his reader identifies (i.e., with the average person or with the elitists)?
Where and how does he suggest this? (Cite relevant passages, giving line numbers).
6. With whom does Koch imply that he identifies? Where and how does he imply this identification? (Cite
passages, giving line numbers).
7. Consider the various sources of the evidence Koch uses to support his view. Would you say he used a
representative sample of all the research done in this area? (Or was his sample biased)?
1) Later Koch tells what they have in common.
BANALITY AND TERROR
Exercise
1. Explain briefly the comparison or parallel between what is discussed in para.l and para.2.
2. The bombing of the Brighton Hotel and the Air India Hight are best described as examples of...
3. According to Jenkins, what factor has contributed to the escalation of terror?
4. «Even more alarming» (1.28) ; even more alarming than what?
5. How can the «sheer frequency of terrorist attacks become selfdefeating»? (11.47-48)
6. What is the difference between «describing» and «prescribing» as used in 1.54-55?
7. The Naples-Milan express train incident is an example used by the author to illustrate...
8. What is the one possible consolation Jenkins finds? Is it a fact or an opinion?