LSAT 122 – Section 4 – Question 06

LSAT 122 - Section 4 - Question 06

June 2006

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT122 S4 Q06
+LR
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Part v. Whole +PvW
Analogy +An
A
73%
165
B
7%
160
C
5%
158
D
10%
161
E
5%
155
139
151
163
 +Medium 146.485 +SubsectionMedium

The simultaneous and apparently independent development in several ancient cultures of a myth of creatures who were half human and half horse parallels the increased use of horses in these cultures. But despite the nobility and gentleness traditionally ascribed to the horse, the mythical half-horse, half-humans were frequently portrayed as violent and savage. Many human cultures use myth to express unconscious thoughts, so these mythical creatures obviously reflect people’s unconscious fear of the horse.

A
fails to show that the mythical creature mentioned represents the horse in people’s minds
This highlights the assumption that the violence of centaurs represents horses, not humans. But since centaurs are half horse, half human, their violence might actually represent humans. This is even supported by “the nobility and gentleness traditionally ascribed to the horse.”
B
fails to consider that people might have good reason to fear horses
The author doesn’t fail to consider this. The claim that centaurs reflect an unconscious fear of horses doesn’t mean that people didn’t still have good reasons for their unconscious fear.
C
confuses the expression of unconscious thoughts with the suppression of them
The author argues that the centaur myth was an expression of people’s unconscious fear of horses. She doesn’t talk about the suppression of unconscious thoughts.
D
fails to demonstrate that the myth was not borrowed from one of the cultures by the others
The argument says that the centaur myth appeared apparently independently across cultures. But even if the myth was borrowed from one culture by the others, it wouldn’t affect the argument that it represents an unconscious fear of horses.
E
fails to explain why people use myth for the expression of unconscious thoughts
The author doesn’t explain why people use myth to express unconscious thoughts, but she doesn’t need to explain it and it wouldn’t affect her argument anyway.

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