PT133.S2.Q25

PrepTest 133 - Section 2 - Question 25

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Support In ancient Greece, court witnesses were not cross-examined and the jury, selected from the citizenry, received no guidance on points of law; thus, Support it was extremely important for litigants to make a good impression on the jurors. ███ ████ ███████ █████████ ███████ ██ █████████ ██ █ ████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ██████ ███████████ ██ ████████ ████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ███████

Summarize Argument

The author argues that courtroom speeches by litigants are a good source of information on the common morality of the citizens of ancient Greece. She supports this by saying that the jury was made up of citizens and had no legal guidance and no cross-examination of witnesses. This made it crucial for litigants to impress the jurors.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that because litigants were concerned about making a good impression on the jury, they designed their speeches to reflect the moral beliefs of the jurors. In other words, she assumes that the litigants thought that jurors were impressed by oratory that appealed to the jurors’ own morality.

By concluding that these speeches are a good source of data on the common morality of citizens in ancient Greece, she also assumes that jurors’ values were representative of all citizens.

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25.

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a

Litigants believed jurors ████ ████ ██████ ██ ██ █████████ ██ █████████ █████ ███████████ ████ ██████████

b

Litigants believed jurors ████ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ███ ██████████ ████████ █████ █████ ██ █████ ████████ ████████ ████ ████ ██████ ███ ███ ███ ███ ██ ███████

c

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d

Litigants believed jurors ██ ██ ████ █████████ ██ █████████ ███ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ █████ ██ ███ ███████

e

Litigants believed jurors ████ ██████ ██ ██████ █████ █████████ █████ ██ █ ████ █████████████ ██ ███ ████

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