LSAT 128 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q5

RC Question 5 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage …

DISCUSSION: Same as question 2 and 3. Narrow the answer choices down, and then justify your answer with textual evidence.

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1. Advocate and alienation is too strong. The agrarian themes stem from their ancestry and culture.
2. The author only discussed this in the context of Mexican Americans. It may seem natural to you that immigrants in general feel this way, but we have no reason to believe the author thinks this.
3. We know Mexican writers are tied to a major establishment, but we don’t know that Mexican American writers aren’t.
4. CORRECT. This is discussed in paragraph 3. It tells us success in Mexico is dependent on the Mexico City establishment, and the work is marked by cosmopolitanism. And we can infer that cosmopolitanism is often associated with urbanism and cities.
5. We have no reason to believe the author thinks Mexican Americans care more about history than Mexicans. Note that this also talks about culture, but the author is mainly concerned with writers.