LSAT 63, Reading Comprehension, Q9, LSATHacks

RC Question 9 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: The question is asking about Chopin’s opinion, not the author’s opinion. Chopin rarely expresses her opinion, so most of the wrong answers can be eliminated because they are not things Chopin talks about.

Lines 38-40 answer this question: Chopin “didn’t share the local colorists nostalgia for the past.” This is the only direct opinion of Chopin’s about the local colorists.

Lines 22-28 describe the local colorists’ nostalgia.

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1. CORRECT. By the 1870s and 1880s, women’s culture was in decline. The local colorists were fascinated with the objects of the former women’s culture, and the local colorists invested these objects with mythic significance. (lines 22-28).
   Chopin did not agree with this nostalgia (lines 38-40).
2. Chopin was the one who described scenes dispassionately. See paragraph three.
3. The local colorists were an inspiration for Chopin, but not necessarily for the New Women. The fourth paragraph doesn’t say who inspired the New Women.
   Also, we’re looking for Chopin’s opinion, not what is true in the passage.
4. Lines 16-20 say that the local colorists were able to move through these new worlds as artists. It sounds like the local colorists were able to explore these new worlds.
   Also, we’re looking for Chopin’s opinion, not what is true in the passage.
5. The third paragraph describes how Chopin used the conventions of the local colorists to describe scenes with scientific detachment. So Chopin would disagree with this answer. 

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