LSAT 119 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q19

LR Question 19 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Anger in response to insults is unreasonable, for insults are…

QUESTION TYPE: Sufficient Assumption

CONCLUSION: Anger is not a reasonable way to respond to insults.

REASONING: If insults are true, we should welcome the information. If insults are false, we should pity the ignorant who insult us.

ANALYSIS: We need to eliminate the possibility that someone could feel anger at gratitude at the same time.

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1. This is half of the correct answer.
2. This is the other half.
3. CORRECT. This combines A and B, and shows that in either situation anger is unreasonable.
4. This is a necessary assumption, but doesn’t tell us that anger isn’t also reasonable.
5. Neither necessary nor sufficient. We need to know that anger isn’t reasonable.

Recap: The question begins with “Anger in response to insults is unreasonable, for insults are”. It is a Sufficient Assumption question. Learn how to master LSAT Sufficient questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.