LSAT 115 – Section 4 – Question 07

LSAT 115 - Section 4 - Question 07

December 2002

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT115 S4 Q07
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Link Assumption +LinkA
Analogy +An
A
76%
163
B
16%
158
C
0%
157
D
7%
158
E
1%
157
127
143
159
 +Medium 146.173 +SubsectionMedium

Jorge: You won’t be able to write well about the rock music of the 1960s, since you were just an infant then. Rock music of the 1960s was created by and for people who were then in their teens and early twenties.

Ruth: Your reasoning is absurd. There are living writers who write well about ancient Roman culture, even though those writers are obviously not a part of ancient Roman culture. Why should my youth alone prevent me from writing well about the music of a period as recent as the 1960s?

Speaker 1 Summary
Jorge concludes that Ruth can’t write well about rock music of the 1960s. This is because that music was created by and for people in their teens and early twenties, and Ruth was only a baby at that time.

Speaker 2 Summary
Ruth’s conclusion (expressed in a rhetorical question) is that her age does not prevent her from writing well about music of the 1960s. As support, she points out that living people can write well about ancient Roman culture despite not being a part of ancient Roman culture.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether Ruth will be able to write well about rock music of the 1960s. They also disagree about whether one who wasn’t in their teens or twenties during the 1960s can write well about music from that period.

A
whether only those people who were in their teens or early twenties during the 1960s can be qualified to write about the rock music of that period
This is a point of disagreement. Jorge thinks being of those ages is required to write about rock music from the 1960s. Ruth doesn’t think so.
B
whether people who were in their teens or early twenties during the 1960s can write well about the rock music of that period
Not a point of disagreement. Jorge thinks being those ages is required to write well about rock music of the 1960s. Ruth doesn’t think age prevents one from writing well about music from a different time period. We have no reason to think there’s disagreement about this answer.
C
whether only people who are past their early twenties can write well about ancient cultures
Jorge doesn’t express an opinion. He doesn’t comment on ancient cultures or what’s required to write well about those cultures.
D
whether people who are not now in their teens or early twenties can write well about the rock music of the 1960s
Not a point of disagreement. Jorge thinks one had to be in their teens or twenties during the 1960s to write well about 1960s rock. But an older person today who was of those ages in 1960s might write well. Ruth agrees that age doesn’t prevent one from writing well.
E
whether Ruth’s ideas about the rock music of the 1960s are likely to appeal to people who were in their teens or early twenties during that period
Neither expresses an opinion. Nobody discusses the appeal of Ruth’s ideas about anything. Although they comment about writing well, that’s not necessarily the same as having appealing ideas.

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