PrepTest 109, Section 2, Question 27
By the time Bentham turned his interest to(439 more words not shown)
The passage is primarily concerned(6 more words not shown)
- Asuggesting the advantages(6 more words not shown)
- Bsummarizing certain deficiencies(5 more words not shown)
- Cjustifying the apparent(5 more words not shown)
- Ddetailing objections to(3 more words not shown)
- Eadvocating reexamination of(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Return to the main-point work: Bentham's reform opened the door to more relevant evidence, but it also needed limits. We're assessing that reform, not just listing what was wrong with the system that came before it.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
More information could help juries find the truth; misleading evidence and competing social values supply the limitations. This covers both the appeal of Bentham's proposal and the qualifications the writer develops.
- B
The old system's deficiencies explain why reform was needed. The discussion then moves to Bentham's proposal, its problems, and the approach that emerged afterward. B stops too early.
- C
The writer isn't defending the inadequacies of current law. The ending describes a modified version of Bentham's approach, with clear policy grounds for exclusions.
- D
The objections matter, but they aren't the whole project. We also learn what the reform improves and how its central idea survives. A has room for both sides.
- E
The proposal wasn't simply dismissed. The ending says its central principle became the basis of the later approach, though with additional exceptions. Nor does the writer ask the legal profession to reconsider a rejected proposal.
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