LSAT 153 – Section 3 – Question 16

LSAT 153 - Section 3 - Question 16

June 2019

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT153 S3 Q16
+LR
Must be false +MBF
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
7%
154
B
4%
153
C
69%
164
D
13%
156
E
6%
158
148
155
162
 +Harder 146.755 +SubsectionMedium

If a novelist is popular he or she can vividly imagine large numbers of characters, each with a personality and attitudes that are completely different from those of the others and from those of the novelist. Such a writer also will be capable of empathizing with people who have goals completely different from his or her own and so will have some doubts about the genuine value of his or her own desires.

Summary
If a novelist is popular, then he or she can vividly imagine large numbers of characters with different personalities and attitudes. A popular novelist is also capable of empathizing with people who have different goals, and will have some doubts about the genuine value of his or her own desires.

Notable Valid Inferences
For MBT-Except questions, the wrong answers are all Could Be True. The one right answer Must Be False.
Some novelists who can vividly imagine large numbers of characters with different attitudes and personalities have doubts about the genuine value of their own desires.
Some novelists who can vividly imagine large numbers of characters are not popular novelists.

A
Some novelists who can vividly imagine large numbers of characters with attitudes and personalities completely different from those of the others are not popular.
Could be true. We know that all popular novelists can vividly imagine large numbers of characters, but it is possible that some novelists who are not popular can also do this. A necessary condition can always occur without the sufficient condition.
B
Some novelists are incapable of empathizing with people whose goals are completely different from their own.
Could be true. We know that all popular novelists are capably of empathizing with people whose goals are different, but it is possible that some novelists who are not popular are incapable of this. A necessary condition can always occur without the sufficient condition.
C
Some people who lack the ability to empathize with those who have goals completely different from their own are popular novelists.
Must be false. As shown below, this answer choice completely contradicts one of our conditions. If an author is a popular novelist, then that novelist must have the ability to empathize with those who have completely different goals.
D
No people who have doubts about the value of their own desires are incapable of empathizing with people who have goals that are completely different from their own.
Could be true. We know all people capable of empathizing with those who have completely different goals have doubts about the value of their own desires. It is also possible that people who have doubts about the value of their own desires are also capable of empathizing.
E
Most writers who have doubts about the value of what they desire are popular novelists.
Could be true. We know that all popular novelists have doubts about the value of their own desires. It is also possible that most writers who have these doubts are popular novelists.

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Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

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