LSAT 115 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The kind of thoughts that keep a person from falling…

QUESTION TYPE: Necessary Assumption

CONCLUSION: Counting sheep will let anyone get to sleep if it is only their thoughts preventing them from sleeping.

REASONING: The thoughts can occur in either the right or the left brain. Counting sheep uses both sides of the brain.

ANALYSIS: As with all necessary assumption questions, there are many potential correct answers. We must be able to imagine sheep. We must be able to imagine them long enough to fall asleep. We must be able to imagine them and count all at once. Etc.

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1. They only need to be able to imagine sheep, not other things.
2. They only need to occasionally have difficulty sleeping. On those occasions, they can try the technique.
3. CORRECT. The technique will fail if sheep are distracting.
4. That would be terrible. People would fall asleep if they thought about wool sweaters or mutton.
5. Dreams generally happen after you fall asleep. It shouldn’t matter whether you dream about sheep often.

Recap: The question begins with “The kind of thoughts that keep a person from falling”. It is a Necessary Assumption question. Learn how to master LSAT Necessary questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.