LSAT 153 – Section 3 – Question 22

LSAT 153 - Section 3 - Question 22

June 2019

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT153 S3 Q22
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Value Judgment +ValJudg
A
1%
154
B
30%
159
C
57%
163
D
2%
152
E
11%
159
144
158
172
 +Harder 146.755 +SubsectionMedium

Laurie: In a democracy, public art should bring people together either by expressing a consensus on a subject or by helping people to reconcile their differences and to recognize that no single opinion is definitive. Since contemporary public art creates only acrimony, it has failed in its task.

Elsa: If people hold radically different opinions, public art should emphasize that. No art form can do the impossible, which is what you are asking for.

Speaker 1 Summary
Laurie concludes that contemporary public art has failed to achieve its purpose. Its purpose in a democracy is to express a consensus on a subject or to help people reconcile their differences. Contemporary public art only creates bitterness among people.

Speaker 2 Summary
Elsa has a different take on what public art should do. She thinks it should emphasize radically different opinions. Elsa asserts that it’s impossible for art to either express a consensus on a subject or to help people to reconcile their differences.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree on what public art should do. Laurie thinks it should help bring people together. Elsa thinks it should emphasize different opinions.

A
what types of public art are most characteristic of contemporary democracies
Neither speaker has an opinion. They don’t discuss different types of public art or what’s most common in a democracy.
B
whether it is possible in a democracy to create public art that people with radically different opinions can enjoy and support
Neither speaker has an opinion. Although both speakers discuss whether art can bring people together, they don’t discuss whether people with different opinion can enjoy or support public art. Enjoyment of art is different from art’s ability to bring people together.
C
what the criterion of success for public art in a democracy should be
This is a point of disagreement. Laurie thinks public art should bring people together. Elsa thinks public art should emphasize radically different opinions, and that it’s impossible for public art to bring people together.
D
whether contemporary public art creates only acrimony
Elsa has no opinion on this. She doesn’t discuss whether public art creates acrimony or other feelings.
E
whether it is wise for contemporary public art to help achieve a consensus on a subject
Laurie doesn’t have an opinion. She says public art should help bring people together by expressing a consensus or helping people to see that no opinion is definitive. But this isn’t the same as helping people to achieve a consensus.

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