LSAT 150 – Section 2 – Question 06

LSAT 150 - Section 2 - Question 06

June 2018

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT150 S2 Q06
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
19%
156
B
3%
152
C
0%
137
D
1%
158
E
77%
163
140
150
159
 +Medium 145.632 +SubsectionMedium

John’s literature professor believes that the ability to judge the greatness of literary works accurately can be acquired only after years of specialized training. Such training is, in fact, what is required to become a literature professor. She is also well aware that the vast majority of the reading public does not have access to this specialized training.

Summary
John’s literature professor believes the ability to judge the greatness of literary works accurately requires years of specialized training. Such training is also required to become a literature professor. Moreover, most of the reading public does not have access to this training.

Notable Valid Inferences
Most of the reading public cannot judge the greatness of literary works accurately.
Most of the reading public are not literature professors.

A
John’s literature professor can judge the greatness of works of literature accurately.
Could be false. This answer choice confuses sufficiency for necessity. We know that literature professors have years of special training, but we don’t know if everyone with this training is also able to judge the greatness of literary works accurately.
B
Anyone who is not a literature professor cannot judge the greatness of works of literature accurately.
Could be false. We don’t have any information in the stimulus about people who are not literature professors. As shown on our diagram, there are no necessary conditions attached to the condition of not being a literature professor.
C
Specialized training like that received by John’s literature professor should be more broadly available to members of the reading public.
Could be false. The stimulus does not make a value judgment about what should occur. We are only given conditions in a matter-of-fact way.
D
Literature professors do not belong to the reading public.
Could be false. As shown on our diagram, we could only infer that most of the reading public are not literature professors.
E
The vast majority of the reading public is unable to judge the greatness of works of literature accurately.
Must be true. As shown below, we can combine the statements that most of the reading public does not have access to special training and that this special training is required for the ability to judge the greatness of literary works accurately.

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