LSAT 145 | Section 3 | Reading Comprehension: Q11

RC Question 11 Explanation

DISCUSSION: On this type of question, you should justify your answer using a specific line reference from the passage. If you can’t, you run the risk of being fooled.

There’s no way to “explain” why all the wrong answers are wrong. The only real explanation is that Lessing didn’t say them!

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1. Lessing said nothing about the likelihood of forgery. His argument is only about what makes forgeries inferior in artistic merit.
2. CORRECT. Lines 47-56 say this more or less directly.
3. Lessing doesn’t mention anything about the importance of art being influential. Influential and original are not the same thing.
4. Lessing wasn’t debating what makes a work a forgery. He was debating what makes a forgery worse than authentic art.
5. This is the trap answer. Lines 54-56 show that Van Meegeren’s imitation wasn’t innovative.
    
   But that doesn’t mean that any use of someone else’s techniques means you are not innovative.
    
   After all, most artists use some techniques developed by others. As long as you add something new you can still be innovative.