LSAT 115 – Section 4 – Question 22

LSAT 115 - Section 4 - Question 22

December 2002

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT115 S4 Q22
+LR
Except +Exc
Weaken +Weak
A
4%
156
B
4%
158
C
2%
155
D
82%
163
E
8%
160
126
141
155
 +Easier 146.173 +SubsectionMedium

Drama critic: Audiences will enjoy Warner’s latest play, about the disintegration of a family, because of the superb acting. The chemistry between the actors could not be more intense, and Ziegler, who plays the child, captures convincingly the guilt and despair experienced as the family members grow more estranged from each other.

Summarize Argument
The drama critic concludes that audiences will enjoy Warner’s latest play about the disintegration of a family. Her support for this claim about audience enjoyment is based on the high quality acting. She references two aspects of the acting: the intense chemistry between actors, and Ziegler’s representation of the guilt and despair of the family.

Notable Assumptions
In this argument, the critic only discusses one aspect of the play (acting quality) and based on only that, concludes that audiences will enjoy the play. The critic assumes that the play isn’t missing some other aspect, like a strong plot, that is important for audience enjoyment. The critic also assumes that intense chemistry and convincing representations of guilt and despair are enough to demonstrate superb acting.

A
Generally, audiences enjoy romantic comedies but find tragedies upsetting.
This weakens the argument because it gives a reason that audiences may not enjoy the play, even if the play has strong acting. If audiences generally find tragedies upsetting, they may not enjoy the tragic aspects of Warner’s play, thus weakening the argument.
B
The company staging the play has an unbroken history of dull performances.
This weakens the argument because it introduces information that indicates that audiences may find the play dull. Audiences probably won’t enjoy a play that they find dull, so this weakens the argument.
C
Insiders with the company staging the play have condemned Ziegler’s performance as unexciting.
While Ziegler may convincingly capture guilt and despair, Ziegler could be doing so in a way that is unexciting. Even if a performance is convincing, if it is unexciting, audiences probably won’t enjoy it.
D
The plot of the play is similar in some respects to plots of Warner’s other works.
We don’t know if audiences enjoyed the plots of Warner’s other works, so this information does nothing for the claim about audience enjoyment for this latest play.
E
Audiences usually find drama critics’ reviews unreliable.
This gives reason to doubt the drama critic’s ability to predict how audiences will receive a play. The drama critic may find the acting superb, but if (E) is true, the drama critic’s opinion isn’t indicative of how audiences will react.

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