LSAT 104 – Section 1 – Question 20

LSAT 104 - Section 1 - Question 20

December 1998

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT104 S1 Q20
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
3%
161
B
3%
164
C
59%
170
D
28%
166
E
7%
163
152
164
177
 +Hardest 149.106 +SubsectionMedium

A poem is any work of art that exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, such as meter, rhythm, euphony, and rhyme. A novel, though it may be a work of art in language, does not usually exploit the musical characteristics of language. A symphony, though it may be a work of art that exploits the musical characteristics of sounds, rarely involves language. A limerick, though it may exploit some musical characteristics of language, is not, strictly speaking, art.

Summary
If any work of art exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, then it is a poem. A novel does not usually exploit the musical characteristics of language, but it may be a work of art. A symphony rarely involves language, but it may exploit the musical characteristics of sounds. A limerick is not art, but it may exploit some musical characteristics of language.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
If a novel is a work of art and exploits some of the musical characteristics of language, then it is a poem.

A
If a creation is neither a poem, nor a novel, nor a symphony, then it is not a work of art.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know if a work of art must either be a poem, novel, or a symphony.
B
An example of so-called blank verse, which does not rhyme, is not really a poem.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what types of works, if any, are not poems. We only know from the stimulus a sufficient condition for a work being a poem.
C
If a novel exploits meter and rhyme while standing as a work of art, then it is both a novel and a poem.
This answer is strongly supported. We know from the stimulus that a work of art that exploits at least some of the musical characteristics of language are poems. Meter and rhyme are musical characteristics of language.
D
Limericks constitute a nonartistic type of poetry.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know what conditions are sufficient for a work to be a nonartistic type of poetry.
E
If a symphony does not exploit the musical characteristics of sound, then it is not a work of art.
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know that if a symphony is a work of art, that it must exploit the musical characteristics of sound. We only know that symphonies rarely involve language and sometimes exploit the musical characteristics of sound.

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