LSAT 101 | Section 1 | Reading Comprehension: Q25

RC Question 25 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Lines 1-3 are the only place the passage mentions artistic merit. All we know is that merit is a separate issue from whether the art is a fake.

In real life, saying “that’s a separate issue” is often negative or dismissive, but the LSAT is about the literal meaning of words. Separate issue literally means unrelated, there’s no negative connotation.

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1. We think that Roman copies of Greek statues have artistic merit, even if they were originally fakes.
2. We think that a Roman copy of a Greek statue is beautiful even if the statue never fooled the original Roman buyer.
3. CORRECT. Lines 1-3 support this. The merit of art does not depend on whether that art is a fake.
4. An accomplished artist can produce terrible art, on occasion.
5. This is close. But it’s possible to make a bad copy of a good original. Then the fake would have little merit