LSAT 114 | Section 3 | Reading Comprehension: Q13

RC Question 13 Explanation

DISCUSSION: In the third paragraph, the critics claim that intellectual authority often depends on institutions (line 28-30).

The rest of the paragraph is an extended example supporting that claim. Line 30 says “for example”.

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1. The first paragraph defined the two types of authority. 
2. Not at all. The musicologists’ argument was accepted by their institution. 
3. Which “genius” was later found out to be not a genius? This is not at all what happens.
4. CORRECT. The example supports the general claim made at the start of the paragraph. The musicologists’ authority was institutional, in disguise. 
5. The musicologists are just an example. The critics don’t really care about musicologists; they could easily have used another example to prove their point.