LSAT 157 – Section 2 – Question 02

LSAT 157 - Section 2 - Question 02

June 2020

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT157 S2 Q02
+LR
Weaken +Weak
A
77%
159
B
4%
144
C
19%
151
D
1%
141
E
0%
138
125
139
154
 +Easier 143.482 +SubsectionEasier

The sculptor Barajas died before she could even begin sculpting the statue called Sonora. However, because Sonora was sculpted by Barajas’s assistants, working from three sketches Barajas drew in preparing to create the statue herself, the statue probably looks very much like it would have looked if she had lived to complete it.

Summarize Argument

The author argues that the statue “Sonora” looks very much like what it would have had its original sculptor, Barajas, lived to complete it. This is because Sonora was scrupled by Barajas assistants, who worked from three of Barajas’ sketches.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that Barajas would not have majorly deviated from her sketches if she made Sonora.

A
Ordinarily, Barajas’s ideas for her statues were revised substantially throughout a series of dozens of preliminary sketches.

This directly calls out a major assumption in the argument: that Barajas did not regularly deviate from her sketches. This majorly weakens the main conclusion of the argument.

B
One of the assistants who worked closely with Barajas in planning Sonora did not participate in sculpting it.

This does not impact the argument’s reasoning. The three assistants who made the statue could have also worked closely with Barajas

C
Sonora is composed partly of materials that Barajas did not frequently use in the statues that she completed during her lifetime.

It is unclear whether these materials would impact the statue's appearance. Thus, it is too weak to cast doubt on the conclusion

D
Barajas always worked from sketches when she sculpted a statue.

This does not say whether the sketches were indicative of the final version of the statue. This is too nonspecific to support

E
Barajas never took as long to complete a statue as the assistants did to sculpt Sonora.

The time it takes to create the statue does not impact how it looks, which is what the reasoning and main conclusion are focused on.

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