LSAT 128 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q18

RC Question 18 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The “purveyors of nationalist dogma” mentioned in …

DISCUSSION: Don’t get stressed out by the complex phrase here. The sentence that this phrase is a part of simply says that we now know that cultural experiences are interconnected and multinational, despite the opposite claims made by nationalists. So you can assume that the nationalists would still promote the view that cultures are unitary, monolithic and autonomous (next sentence).

You should search up words you don’t know when reviewing. The LSAT uses the dictionary definition of words. But while doing the test, it’s okay to not know the definition of every word. You can use the context to translate it into simpler terms.

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1. Probably not. They want the “purest” form of cultures with the least influence. So they would likely want colonized nations to go back to their pre-colonial cultures (before colonial influence).
2. No. They want cultures to be without external influence.
3. CORRECT. See above.
4. No. This is exactly what the sentence says they oppose.
5. Maybe they wouldn’t explicitly disagree, but they likely wouldn’t agree either. This is the view of the author who generally has opposite views. Plus nationalists likely see culture as natural and pure rather than constructed.