LSAT 146 – Section 2 – Question 17

LSAT 146 - Section 2 - Question 17

June 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT146 S2 Q17
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
2%
154
B
0%
145
C
31%
159
D
66%
163
E
1%
150
139
153
167
 +Harder 148.55 +SubsectionMedium

Film historians often find it difficult to determine typical audience members’ responses to particular films, especially those from the early twentieth century. Box office figures help little, for they indicate only a film’s financial success or failure; they do not show what audiences found funny, or frightening, or moving. These historians also find that newspaper and magazine reviews fail to provide much insight.

Summary
Film historians find it difficult to determine how audience members typically respond to films from the early twentieth century. Why? Because box office figures only indicate a film’s financial success or failure, they do not indicate what audiences found funny, frightening, or moving. Newspaper and magazine reviews of films also provide little insight.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Film historians believe that newspaper and magazine reviews of films do not reveal how an audience member would typically respond to a film.

A
Newspaper and magazine reviews of films are usually written in advance of a film’s general release.
We don’t know when newspaper or magazine reviews of films were written. We only know that film historians believe these sources do not provide much insight into audience members’ reactions.
B
Typical audience members’ responses to films from the latter part of the twentieth century are easy to determine.
We don’t know whether responses to films from the later twentieth century are easy to determine. The argument is limited to films from the early twentieth century.
C
The box office success of a film does not depend on its viewers finding it funny, frightening, or moving.
We don’t know what factors would cause a film’s success or failure at the box office. We only know that box office figures do not reflect how audiences typically responded to a given film.
D
Film historians do not believe that film reviews in newspapers and magazines reveal typical film audience members’ views.
Film historians must believe that newspaper and magazine reviews do not reveal typical film audience members’ views. In the stimulus, we are told that the historians find that these sources fail to provide much insight.
E
Films from the early part of the twentieth century were not usually reviewed in newspapers or magazines.
We don’t know whether early twentieth century films were usually reviewed in newspapers or magazines. We don’t even know if these films were usually reviewed at all.

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