PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 6
The expansion of mass media has led to(458 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AJurors should put(17 more words not shown)
- BJurors should rely(19 more words not shown)
- CJurors should make(21 more words not shown)
- DJurors should be(19 more words not shown)
- EJurors should be(26 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The ending changes our approach. Rather than requiring people to leave all their experience behind, the author values informed citizens who bring the community's experience into deliberation. A principle consistent with the argument should allow that experience to play a role.
Working the answers
- A
Asking jurors to put their personal experience aside conflicts with the ending's emphasis on informed participation and the community's collective experience.
- BCorrect
This lets jurors draw on their overall experience even when it includes pretrial media coverage. That fits the author's account of impartiality emerging through deliberation among informed people. One person's prior opinion doesn't settle the case; the group discusses it.
- C
This returns to the instruction to ignore outside information that critics doubt people can follow. It also misses the ending's positive role for informed experience.
- D
The author doesn't propose selecting jurors according to how much coverage they've encountered. Acknowledging media exposure isn't a recommendation to use its extent as a selection rule.
- E
There's no proposed selection rule based on a person's ability to avoid coverage during the trial. That adds a requirement the argument never supplies.
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