LSAT 107 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q5

RC Question 5 Explanation

DISCUSSION: I love this question. It shows the LSAT does expect you to understand the passage’s structure. You should know a passage’s structure even if no question asks about it. Knowing the passage’s structure will help you on every question.

The first sentence in each answer is the same. We can ignore them.

We can eliminate the answers by focussing on one sentence at a time.

For example, the second sentence fails in B, D and E.

With only A and C left, we can think carefully about the structure. The author uses paragraphs 3 and 4 to disagree with the interpretation given in paragraph 2.

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1. CORRECT. Paragraph 3 is the author’s alternate view, and paragraph 4 supports that view. 
2. The second sentence is wrong. The author never said why the artistic phenomenon occurs.
3. This is dense, but it’s saying that paragraph 4 argues against paragraph 3 and supports the opposing view from paragraph 2. That’s not what happens: the author speaks in paragraphs 3 and 4, and he agrees with himself.
4. Which two interpretations? Only the opposing critic’s view is given in the second paragraph.
5. Same as B. The author never said why the artists broke with tradition.