LSAT 150 – Section 3 – Question 04

LSAT 150 - Section 3 - Question 04

June 2018

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT150 S3 Q04
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
89%
163
B
3%
150
C
4%
153
D
2%
155
E
2%
152
139
146
152
 +Medium 148.057 +SubsectionMedium

The reason J. S. Bach is remembered is not that he had a high ratio of outstanding compositions to mediocre compositions. It is rather because he was such a prolific composer. He wrote more than a thousand full-fledged compositions, so it was inevitable that some of them would be outstanding and, being outstanding, survive the ages.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The author hypothesizes that the reason Bach is remembered is that he was such a prolific composer. This is based on the fact that Bach wrote more than a thousand full compositions, which the author believes would inevitably have resulted in some outstanding compositions that would survive for a long time.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that there is no other explanation for why Bach is remembered.

A
Several of Bach’s contemporaries who produced more works than he did have been largely forgotten.
This provides evidence that being a prolific composer is not enough to make one remembered. This calls into question the author’s explanation for why Bach is remembered.
B
There are a few highly regarded composers who wrote a comparatively small number of compositions.
The author never suggested that writing a smaller number of compositions would make it impossible to be highly regarded or remembered. The author’s theory is just that writing a lot of compositions can make one remembered.
C
Bach wrote many compositions that were considered mediocre in his lifetime, and a large proportion of these compositions have been forgotten.
The author acknowledges that Bach could have written many mediocre compositions. But, the author believes that at least some were outstanding, they could allow Bach to be remembered.
D
The exact number of Bach’s compositions is not known, since many of them have been lost to posterity.
We don’t need to know the exact number of compositions. We still know that he wrote more than a thousand full compositions, which is a large number.
E
Some great creative geniuses are remembered because they had a very high ratio of outstanding works to mediocre works.
The author never suggested that having a high ratio of outstanding works to mediocre works could never be a reason someone is remembered. The author is simply arguing that in Bach’s case, that explanation doesn’t apply.

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