18th Century Assessment Boards quite similar to those of the 21st Century

The Booz Allen Quarterly Assessment cycle is not unlike the methods of the Spanish Inquisition of 1480-1834.

Here we see the assessor in stage 1 of the cycle, auto de fe: A cripling series of drafts and re-drafts of the assessment intended to cause the author to confesss to any sin to stop the torments.

This can be seen in some detail in the attached film strip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDVIViWW74