PT151.S1.P3.Q16 > Analytics

Hide analysis

Passage A.

Music and Words · Can work well together

Words can bring out emotions but words are "inadequate" to express those emotions. This is where music comes in. It can express those emotions and cause further emotions to come out. So words benefit from being set to music.

███ ██ ███ █████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ██ █████████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ███ ████ █████████ █ ████████ ██████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ███

Cost · Each art loses its purity

Subordinate words to music · Music is more expressive

████ ████ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███████████ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ███████████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ █████████ █████ ███ ████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ███ ████ ██ ████████ ███ ████ ███ █████████ █████████ ██████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████

Example · Beethoven's Fifth Symphony; operas

The aesthetic value mostly comes from the emotional range that music can bring forth.

███████ █

Two kinds of operas · 1. Music is primary; 2. music and other factors have parity

1. Called singer's opera, Italian; 2. German, balances music and other factors.

Third Kind of Opera · Music is subordinate

Earliest opera were like this but nobody liked them.

██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███ █████ ██ ████ ███ ██ ██ █████ ████ █ ████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ██████████ █████████ ██ ███ █████ ██ █████ ██ ███████ ████████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ██ █████ █████████ ██████████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ █████████ ███ █████ █████████ █ █████ ████████ █████ ██ █████████ ███████████ ███ █████████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██████████ █████ ███ ████████ ██ █████ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ██████████ ███████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████ ██ █████████ █████ ██████ █████████ ██ █████████ █████ ████████ ███ ██ ██████ ██ ████████ ███ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ ██ ████ ███████████████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ █████████████ ███████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ██████████

Judging Operas · Must judge music and words together

Can be separately judged for formal analysis but in the end they have to work well together along with the other elements of the opera, e.g., "visual action."

Passage Style

16.

Which one of the following ██████ ██ █████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ █ ███ ███ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ██

Question Type

Stated

The correct answer will be addressed by Passage A, but not by Passage B. If you’re using the Split Approach, start by eliminating any answers that are not addressed by Passage B. Then come back after Passage B and eliminate any remaining answers that are discussed by Passage B.

the importance of █████ ██ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ██ ████████ ████

Addressed in Passage B.

how music is ████████ ████ ██ ██ ████████ ████ █████

Addressed in Passage B.

11%

the ability of █████ ██ █████ ██ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ ████████

Addressed in Passage A, but not addressed in Passage B. So this is correct.

79%

whether music should ████ ██ ████████████ ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ██ ████████

Passage A doesn’t discuss whether music should “ever” be subordinated to words with which it is combined.

whether music should ██ ██████ ██ █████████ ████ ███ ████████ ██ █████

Passage A never discusses whether we “should” judge music in isolation from the libretto in opera.

Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.

It takes about five minutes.

Take the free diagnostic

More free LSAT prep: Sample LSAT questions Full-length diagnostic & practice test All free LSAT resources

PrepTest 151 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 16

Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Confirm action

PrepTest 151 - Section 1 - Passage 3 - Question 16

Answer five questions and we'll estimate your score.

Difficulty

Analysis

Answer Popularity

Question history

Want to know why the right answer is right?