LSAT 142 | Section 3 | Reading Comprehension: Q23

RC Question 23 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Many lines in the first and second paragraphs quote Garcia’s opinions directly. So for this type of question you should look to justify the answer by finding a line in the passage. Garcia literally says the right answer.

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1. CORRECT. Lines 7-10 say this directly. Those lines mean that activists of the 1930-40s were proposing reforms similar to those in 1960-70.
2. Lines 4-5 show that Garcia thought the early activists were more diverse than has been acknowledged.
   Garcia never compares the early activists to those of 1960-70, so we can’t know his opinion on this question.
3. There’s no evidence for this. Lines 7-10 suggest that Garcia thought the 1960-70 activists were more radical. (We can’t be sure, since those lines are the author speaking. The main point is that we don’t know Garcia’s opinion of this answer choice.)
4. This is only true of the Congress of Spanish-Speaking People, lines 24-26. Garcia didn’t say that most Mexican American political activists agreed with the Congress.
5. Actually, lines 26-30 say that Garcia thought all groups agreed on liberal reform as a goal.