LSAT 72, Reading Comprehension, Q11, LSATHacks

RC Question 11 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: The right answer on this type of question is almost always directly supported by a line from the passage.

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1. The author doesn’t say this. In fact, lines 51-54 imply that non-archaeologists would be allowed to do excavations.
2. The fourth paragraph contradicts this. There, the author suggests allowing the export of artifacts. The key concern seems to be preserving history and documenting artifacts.
3. CORRECT. See lines 54-56. Those lines say that not everyone would obey the law, but that the new proposal is still better than what’s happening now.
4. The author never describes punishments. Unfortunately, right now Mali is unable to enforce the law (lines 3-4) so it’s unclear is punishments are possible.
5. This is playing on a common American idea about regulations: they should be simple.
   You’re not looking thing that might be true in the real world – you’re looking for things in the passage. The passage says nothing about simple regulations. It’s fine to use outside knowledge to judge some answers, but you can’t use it to make stuff up.

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