LSAT 109 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q10

RC Question 10 Explanation

DISCUSSION: The critics argue that Jacobs’ should have focussed more on the unique desires and experiences of slaves.

See line 24: “shortchanged….experiences”.

They think she failed at the genre of slave literature by focussing on conventional values.

The wrong answers make general claims about what happens when you mixed genres. The critics don’t make any general claims. All we know is that they think Jacobs shouldn’t have mixed genres, in this case.

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1. The critics didn’t like Jacobs’ novel because it mixed genres. We have no evidence that the critics like mixed genres in other circumstances.
2. This is too broad. We only know the critics think the genre of slave literature was compromised in this case.
3. We know that the critics didn’t like Jacobs’ book. We don’t know what they think about mixed genres in general.
4. The critics never said when mixing genres is good or bad.
5. CORRECT. This is better than B. The critics would agree that one of the genres was compromised in this case.