PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 4
The expansion of mass media has led to(458 more words not shown)
With which one of the(10 more words not shown)
- AFlaws in voir(15 more words not shown)
- BKnowledge of a(16 more words not shown)
- CJurors who bring(20 more words not shown)
- DOnly juries consisting(20 more words not shown)
- EPeople who know(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This is an open question about the author's views, so we don't need to guess the exact statement in advance. Keep the ending in mind: informed, opinionated people can take part in a jury that reaches an impartial decision. Now check which choice that position supports.
Working the answers
- A
The author identifies flaws in screening jurors but doesn't conclude that finding a jury capable of impartial decisions is unlikely. The ending explains how impartiality can emerge despite prior opinions.
- B
We aren't told that knowing about the case gives an individual the best chance of impartiality. The opening connects knowledge with having opinions; the ending's solution concerns the group's deliberation, not a better-informed individual's superior objectivity.
- CCorrect
The final sentence explicitly includes “even opinionated people” in the panel whose deliberation produces impartiality. Prior opinions therefore need not make an impartial jury decision less likely. That doesn't mean every bias helps or every jury succeeds.
- D
The ending rejects this requirement. Jurors can know things beforehand and still reach an impartial decision together.
- E
The opening says knowledgeable people are “more likely” to have an opinion. That's not the same as being more opinionated than others—holding their views more strongly. E changes the comparison, and it isn't the position the author develops at the end.
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