!@YOU WILL FIND THIS DISTINCTION EASY TO UNDERSTAND, ONCE YOU
.BECOME AWARE THAT ITS JUST A TECHNICALITY.

@IN COMMON USAGE, PEOPLE (AND THE NEWS MEDIA) ALWAYS SEEM TO
>USE THE PHRASE "ASSAULT AND BATTERY" AS A PHRASE, WITHOUT
<MAKING ANY DISTINCTION BETWEEN ITS TWO PARTS.  ACTUALLY,
@ASSAULT IS ONE THING AND BATTERY IS ANOTHER.  ASSAULT IS THE
>VERBAL THREAT OF VIOLENCE AND BATTERY IS CARRYING OUT THE
BTHREAT.  EITHER OR BOTH OF THESE ACTIONS CAN RESULT IN EITHER
DA LAWSUIT OR A CRIMINAL CHARGE, DEPENDEING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES
<AND THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT AND THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE.

:SO--IF YOU THREATEN TO HAR SOMEONE, YOU HAVE COMMITTED
@          A. ASSAULT          B. BATTERY          C. NEITHER
A
,VERY GOOD.  YOU SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
B
DNO--YOU HAVEN'T COMMITTED BATTERY UNLESS YOU GO AHEAD AND CARRY
OUT YOUR THREAT.
C
>WRONG.  YOU HAVE COMMITTED ASSAULT AS SOON AS YOU MAKE THE
THREAT.
.PLEASE TYPE A, B, OR C FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
8IF YOU PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE NOSE, YOU HAVE COMMITTED
:    A. ASSAULT    B. BATTERY    C. BOTH    D. NETIEHR
B
VERY GOOD
A
BNO--THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY ASSAULT NECESSARILY INVOLVED, UNLESS
*YOU MADE A THREAT BEFORE YOU PUNCHED!
C
WRONG--IT'S JUST BATTERY
D
WRONG.  IT IS BATTERY.
"PLEASE TYPE EITHER A, B, OR C.
DIF YOU THREATEN TO PUNCH SOMEONE IN THE NOSE AND THEN DO IT, YOU
HAVE COMMITTED
>     A. ASSAULT     B. BATTERY     C. BOTH     D. NEITHER
C

RIGHT!
A
BNO--NOT ONLY DID YOU THREATEN, BUT YOU CARRIED OUT THE THREAT.
B
BWRONG--YOU HIGT HIM, BUT BEFORE YOU HIT HIM,YOU THREATENED TO
0DO IT.  SO YOU BOTH ASSAULTED AND BATTERED!
D
WRONG--YOU DID BOTH.
TYPE A, B, C, OR D.
FONE MORE POINT ABOUT ASSAULT AND BATTERY--IN ORDER FOR AN ASSAULT
DCLAIM TO "STICK", THE PERSON HAS TO BELIEVE THAT YOU REALLY ARE
BGOING TO DO WHAT YOU THREATEN.  IF YOU THREATEN AND THEN DON'T
@CARRY OUT YOUR THREAT, THEN IT BECOMES PRETTY DIFFICULTY FOR
BANYONE TO CONVINCE A COURT THAT YOU EVER INTENDED TO.  THAT'S
DWHY THE TWO OFTEN ARE TIED TOGETHER.  BUT ASSAULT ALL BY ITSELF
FIS A TORT AND MAY BE A CRIME, ALSO--THEN IT'S "CRIMINAL ASSAULT."
BDO YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSAULT AND
BATTERY NOW?
YES
@GOOD.  THAT'S THE LAST QUESTION ON THE PRETEST, SO NOW LET'S
BSEE IF YOU UNDERSTAND ALL THESE TERMS WELL ENOUGH TO APPLY THE
IN AN EXAMPLE.
BAAT09NO
<OK.  SINCE THAT WAS THE LAST QUESTION ON THE PRETEST, I
8THINK YOU'D BETTER SIGN OFF AND ASK YOUR TEACHER FOR
:SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY EXERCISES TO HELP
BYOU.  THEN WHEN YOU FEEL YOU KNOW ALL THESE TERMS WELL ENOUGH
@TO TRY TO APPLY THEM, YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE TERMINAL AND
SIGN ON TO "BAAT09".
PLEASE ANSWER YES OR NO.
HE PRETEST, SO N