LSAT 140 – Section 2 – Question 21

LSAT 140 - Section 2 - Question 21

December 2013

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT140 S2 Q21
+LR
+Exp
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
Kick It Up +KIU
A
11%
161
B
15%
161
C
16%
159
D
7%
159
E
52%
167
155
164
172
 +Hardest 149.441 +SubsectionMedium

Editor: Most of the books of fiction we have published were submitted by literary agents for writers they represented; the rest were received directly from fiction writers from whom we requested submissions. No nonfiction manuscript has been given serious attention, let alone been published, unless it was from a renowned figure or we had requested the manuscript after careful review of the writer’s book proposal.

Summary

If a fiction book was published → submitted by a literary agent OR received directly by request.

If a nonfiction book has been given serious attention (or published) → from a renowned figure OR requested after review of book proposal.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions

There’s no obvious conclusion to draw from the stimulus. Just keep in mind that we have one rule for what must be true if a fiction book was published, and we have another rule for what must be true if a nonfiction book was given serious attention or published.

A
Most unrequested manuscripts that the publishing house receives are not given serious attention.

Not supported, because most unrequested manuscripts might be from a renowned figure. Or, they might also be fiction manuscripts submitted by literary agents. This is why most unrequested manuscripts still might be given serious attention.

B
Most of the books that the publishing house publishes that are not by renowned authors are books of fiction.

We don’t know the proportion of books that are fiction among non-renowned authors. It’s possible that every book by a non-renowned author is a nonfiction one (that was published after review of the book proposal).

C
If a manuscript has received careful attention at the publishing house, then it is either a work of fiction or the work of a renowned figure.

Not supported, because a manuscript that gets careful attention could be a nonfiction one that was requested after careful review of the book proposal.

D
The publishing house is less likely to give careful consideration to a manuscript that was submitted directly by a writer than one that was submitted by a writer’s literary agent.

We don’t know anything about the comparative likelihood of giving careful consideration. Notice that the rule about fiction books doesn’t say anything about careful consideration.

E
Any unrequested manuscripts not submitted by literary agents that the publishing house has published were written by renowned figures.

Supported. If a manuscript is unrequested, and not submitted by a literary agent, then it can’t be a book of fiction. So, it must be a nonfiction book. And if it’s a nonfiction book that’s published, if it’s not requested, then it must be from a renowned figure.

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