LSAT 148 – Section 4 – Question 21
LSAT 148 - Section 4 - Question 21
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
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Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
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PT148 S4 Q21 |
+LR
| Must be true +MBT Conditional Reasoning +CondR | A
10%
157
B
73%
164
C
3%
157
D
5%
157
E
9%
160
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142 152 162 |
+Medium | 147.694 +SubsectionMedium |
Critic: To be a literary classic a book must reveal something significant about the human condition. Furthermore, nothing that is unworthy of serious study reveals anything significant about the human condition.
Summary
To be a literary classic, a book must reveal something significant about the human condition. Furthermore, to reveal something significant about the human condition, it must be worthy of serious study.
Notable Valid Inferences
To be a literary classic, a book must be worthy of serious study.
If something is not worthy of serious study, then it is not a literary classic.
A
Any book worthy of serious study is a literary classic.
Could be false. This answer choice confuses sufficiency for necessity. We know that any literary classic is worthy of serious study, but it is possible that there are other books worthy of serious study that are no literary classics.
B
A book is a literary classic only if it is worthy of serious study.
Must be true. As shown below, worthiness of serious study is also a necessary condition in order for a book to be a literary classic.
C
There are no literary classics worthy of serious study.
Could be false. The stimulus only tells us that in order to be a literary classic, a book must be worthy of serious study. It is possible that there are no books that meet these requirements.
D
Some books worthy of serious study do not reveal anything significant about the human condition.
Could be false. It is possible that some books worthy of serious study do not reveal anything significant about the human condition. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition occurring.
E
Some books that reveal something significant about the human condition are not literary classics.
Could be false. It is possible that some books that reveal something significant about the human condition are not literary classics. A necessary condition may occur without the sufficient condition occurring.
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LSAT PrepTest 148 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 3 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
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