LSAT 16 – Section 3 – Question 10
LSAT 16 - Section 3 - Question 10
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT16 S3 Q10 |
+LR
| Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE | A
73%
168
B
7%
162
C
18%
162
D
1%
157
E
1%
164
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140 153 167 |
+Harder | 147.952 +SubsectionMedium |
This is a resolve reconcile explain question, indicated by the stem asking: Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the restorer’s decision with goal stated in the passage?
The stimulus tells us that the great Renaissance painter Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel are being restored. Awesome, who doesn’t love Michelangelo! The purpose of the restoration is to uncover the Sistine Chapel as Michelangelo originally painted it, and part of this process is removing later artists’ additions. Strangely however, the restorers have decided to leave one addition alone: that of da Volterra. We’re looking for an answer that will explain the restorers’ decision in a way that is compatible with their overall purpose of uncovering Michelangelo’s work.
Correct Answer Choice (A) Well if he stripped away all the paint then there is no Michelangelo below his addition, and therefore no benefit of removing his addition for the restorers. Their decision makes sense now!
Answer Choice (B) Cool fact but this doesn’t give us any reasons why the restorers wouldn’t remove his addition.
Answer Choice (C) I guess it might fit in more but the purpose of the restorers was to uncover Michelangelo’s original work; whether additions are stylistically similar shouldn’t affect whether they are kept in.
Answer Choice (D) The relative ranking of the different subsets of Michelangelo and Volterra’s art would have no impact on the restorers’ project. They want to uncover originals and seem to have no problem removing additions, except for Volterra’s.
Answer Choice (E) And yet the stimulus tells us they removed those other artists. That’s exactly the kind of discrepancy we want an explanation for!
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Section 1 - Logic Games
Section 2 - Logical Reasoning
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Section 3 - Logical Reasoning
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- Question 03
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- Question 10
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