LSAT 88, Reading Comprehension, Q11, LSATHacks

RC Question 11 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: We’re looking for a principle that works in Passage A’s historical novels, but wouldn’t be applicable to the autobiographies mentioned in Passage B. So we’re looking for a difference or a point of disagreement.

Looking back to our paragraph summaries, a key difference between these Passages is how these authors define “lying”. Passage A talks differentiates strictly between “lies” and “mistakes”. But in Passage B, the distinction between “false memories” and “actual events” is blurrier.

Therefore, we can infer that Passage B wouldn’t agree with Passage A’s distinction, nor Passage A’s claim that “a mistake is unforgivable” or that mistakes would detract from an autobiography.

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1. CORRECT. Passage B’s author implies that there are times when he can’t discern when a memory is incorrect, and thus wouldn’t agree with Passage A’s distinction between lies and mistakes. And thus, Passage B’s author wouldn’t agree that mistakes are unforgivable.
2. This applies for both contexts.
3. Only Passage B talks about ethics.
4. This is applicable to both historical fiction and autobiography. Passage A talks about this more concretely but Passage B’s assertion that autobiography “dances” between fact and fiction hints that a degree of subtlety is required.
5. The passages agree on this.

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