LSAT 151 – Section 4 – Question 01

LSAT 151 - Section 4 - Question 01

September 2018

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT151 S4 Q01
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
1%
157
B
0%
C
1%
161
D
1%
153
E
97%
162
120
120
126
 +Easiest 145.196 +SubsectionEasier

Joe: All vampire stories are based on an absurd set of premises. Since, according to such stories, every victim of a vampire becomes a vampire, and vampires have existed since ancient times and are immortal, vampires would by now have almost completely eliminated their prey.

Maria: In most of the vampire stories I am familiar with, vampires turn only a few of their victims into vampires. The rest are permanently dead.

Speaker 1 Summary
Joe argues that all vampire stories are based on absurd premises. Why are these premises absurd? Because if they were true, vampires would have almost driven their prey (humans) to extinction. Joe supports this by explaining that in vampire stories, all victims of vampires become vampires. Also, vampires are ancient and immortal. These premises imply that vampires would have replaced humans over time, meaning they would have no more prey.

Speaker 2 Summary
Maria doesn’t make an argument, instead just stating that she has encountered vampire stories where most victims of vampires die, and only a few become vampires. This conflicts with Joe’s claim that in vampire stories, all victims become vampires.

Objective
We need to find a disagreement. Joe and Maria disagree about whether all victims of vampires become vampires.

A
Vampires are always depicted in vampire stories as immortal.
Like (B), Joe agrees with this, but Maria never states an opinion. Maria only talks about whether vampires’ victims always become vampires, not about whether vampires are immortal.
B
Vampires are always depicted in vampire stories as having existed since ancient times.
Like (A), Joe agrees with this, but Maria doesn’t take a position. Maria’s focus is on what happens to vampires’ victims, not the traits of vampires themselves.
C
No vampire stories are incoherent.
Joe disagrees with this, but Maria doesn’t express an opinion. Joe concludes that all vampire stories are “absurd,” or in other words, incoherent. Maria doesn’t make any overall claims about vampire stories, just about the single aspect of what happens to victims of vampires.
D
No vampire stories depict the vampire population as being very large.
Neither speaker agrees or disagrees with this claim. Neither Joe nor Maria talks about the vampire population sizes depicted in vampire stories.
E
In all vampire stories, every victim of a vampire becomes a vampire.
Joe agrees with this but Maria disagrees, so this is the point of disagreement. Joe explicitly states this claim as a premise. Maria says that in some vampire stories, not all victims become vampires, which necessitates disagreeing with this claim.

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