1. Which one of the following most accurately states the main point of the passage?(A) Because trials requiring juries are relative rare, the usefulness of the unanimity requirement does not need to be reexamined.
(B) The unanimity requirement should be maintained because most hung juries are caused by irresponsible jurors rather than by any flaws in the requirement.
(C) The problem of hung juries is not a result of flaws in the justice system but of the less than convincing evidence presented in some cases.
(D) The unanimity requirement should be maintained, but it is only effective if jurors conscientiously do the job they have been asked to do.
(E) Because its material costs are outweighed by what it contributes to the fairness of jury trials, the unanimity requirement should not be rescinded.
2. Which one of the following most accurately describes the author’s attitude toward the unanimity requirement?(A) cursory appreciation
(B) neutral interest
(C) cautious endorsement
(D) firm support
(E) unreasoned reverence
3. Which one of the following principles can most clearly be said to underlie the author’s arguments in the third paragraph?(A) The risk of unjust verdicts is serious enough to warrant strong measures to avoid it.
(B) Fairness in jury trials is crucial and so judges must be extremely thorough in order to ensure it.
(C) Careful adherence to the unanimity requirement will eventually eliminate unjust verdicts.
(D) Safeguards must be in place because not all citizens called to jury duty perform their role responsibly.
(E) The jury system is inherently flawed and therefore unfairness cannot be eliminated but only reduced.
4. Which one of the following sentences could most logically be added to the end of the last paragraph of the passage?(A) It is not surprising, then, that the arguments presented by the critics of the unanimity requirement grow out of a separate tradition from that embodied in the unanimity requirement.
(B) Similarly, if there is a public debate concerning the unanimity requirement, public faith in the requirement will be strengthened.
(C) The opinion of each juror is as essential to the pursuit of justice as the universal vote is to the functioning of a true democracy.
(D) Unfortunately, because some lawmakers have characterized hung juries as intolerable, the integrity of the entire legal system has been undermined.
(E) But even without the unanimity requirement, fair trials and fair verdicts will occur more frequently as the methods of prosecutors and defense attorneys become more scientific.
5. Which one of the following could replace the term “recalcitrant” (line 16) without a substantial change in the meaning of the critics’ claim?(A) obstinate
(B) suspicious
(C) careful
(D) conscientious
(E) naive
6. The author explicitly claims that which one of the following would be a result of allowing a juror’s dissenting opinion to be dismissed?(A) Only verdicts in very close cases would be affected.
(B) The responsibility felt by jurors to be respectful to one another would be lessened.
(C) Society’s confidence in the fairness of the verdicts would be undermined.
(D) The problem of hung juries would not be solved but would surface less frequently.
(E) An important flaw thus would be removed from the criminal justice system.
7. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which one of the following?(A) Hung juries most often result from an error in judgment on the part of one juror.
(B) Aside from the material costs of hung juries, the criminal justice system has few flaws.
(C) The fact that jury trials are so rare renders any flaws in the jury system insignificant.
(D) Hung juries are acceptable and usually indicate that the criminal justice system is functioning properly.
(E) Hung juries most often occur when one juror’s opinion does not receive a fair hearing.