LSAT 133 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q7

RC Question 7 Explanation

DISCUSSION: For this question, you should think about why the court ruled in favor of the Alaska Natives:

• The natives had a long tradition of using sea otter pelts (lines 41-45).
• The natives had only stopped this tradition because the law forbid them to hunt sea otters (lines 49-54).

The correct answer should match both of those factors.

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1. Several millennia is a long time. Too long. It’s like if Italians wanted to have gladiator fights to the death because of “tradition”. 
2. This answer doesn’t indicate whether these handicrafts are traditional.
3. CORRECT. In the passage, the Alaska Natives were prevented from exercising their tradition due to a factor beyond their control: the law. Here, the tradition was also ended due to an outside factor: industrial development. 
4. This sounds like a rare tradition. It’s not likely to receive legal protection.
5. This sounds like the tradition is dying out by itself. In the passage, the tradition only died because the law banned it.