LSAT 130 – Section 1 – Question 13

LSAT 130 - Section 1 - Question 13

September 2009

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT130 S1 Q13
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
34%
161
B
49%
167
C
6%
160
D
11%
161
E
1%
162
153
165
177
 +Hardest 147.03 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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It is a given that to be an intriguing person, one must be able to inspire the perpetual curiosity of others. Constantly broadening one’s abilities and extending one’s intellectual reach will enable one to inspire that curiosity. For such a perpetual expansion of one’s mind makes it impossible to be fully comprehended, making one a constant mystery to others.

Summarize Argument
The author describes how to inspire the perpetual curiosity of others that is necessary to be an intriguing person, then explains why her suggestion works. The directions she gives is to constantly broaden one’s abilities and extend one’s intellectual reach. The reason this will inspire perpetual curiosity is that constant expansion of the mind makes one impossible to fully understand, making one a mystery.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the instructions the author gives to inspire perpetual curiosity: Constantly broadening one's abilities and extending one's intellectual reach will enable one to inspire that curiosity.

A
To be an intriguing person, one must be able to inspire the perpetual curiosity of others.
This is context that sets up a reason why one would want to inspire perpetual curiosity in others.
B
If one constantly broadens one’s abilities and extends one’s intellectual reach, one will be able to inspire the perpetual curiosity of others.
This accurately paraphrases the conclusion. The author says that broadening one's abilities and extending one's intellectual reach will allow one to inspire perpetual curiosity. The rest of the stimulus is dedicated to supporting this claim.
C
If one’s mind becomes impossible to fully comprehend, one will always be a mystery to others.
This is the support for why the author’s suggestion will be effective.
D
To inspire the perpetual curiosity of others, one must constantly broaden one’s abilities and extend one’s intellectual reach.
This flips the necessary and sufficient aspects of the conclusion. The author says that those activities will inspire perpetual curiosity, not that those activities are the only way to do it.
E
If one constantly broadens one’s abilities and extends one’s intellectual reach, one will always have curiosity.
The conclusion is talking about inspiring the curiosity of others, not having curiosity.

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