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October 2001 Form 1LSS51 Section I Logical Reasoning Question 01 IDENTIFY This is a Conclusion question. Mozart Question 02 Question 03 Question 04 Question 05 IDENTIFY This is a Method of Argument question. gamma ray salmonella READ Proponent and Opponent discusses the merit of gamma ray radiation of food. ANALYZE Your task is to evaluate how the opponent's argument proceeds. CHOOSE (A) Incorrect. There is no ambiguity in a crucial term here. (B) Incorrect. No self-contradiction mentioned. (C) Incorrect. The proponent only proposes one remedy which is irration by gamma ray. (D) Incorrect. Safety with respect to producers is not discussed at all in the passage. (E) Correct. This response suggests an alternative means- using a safe chemical dip. This method without the particular disadvantage which is leaving Salmonella intact. Question 06 Question 07 Question 08 Question 09 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 gene splicing Question 13 Question 14 IDENTIFY This is an Assumption question. You need to analyze the formal logic strcture of this passage to answer the question. novelist academia READ Some difficult words are here such as intersperse. ANALYZE CHOOSE (A) Incorrect. This response introduces a foreign concept of impartiality which is irrelevant in the passage. (B) Incorrect. the powers of observation and analysis is only useful but not required. This needs not be assumed. The passage focuses on the intuitive grasp of the emotions and response (B) does not impact the central logic. (C) Incorrect. Participation in life is not required at all. The logic of the argument hinges on the intuitive grasp which does not require participation. (D) Correct. To see if this assumption is vital, suppose this response is negated. Novelists can be great without an grasp of the emotions. The factor which prevented the people in the academia from becoming a great novelist is gone! The author can no longer argue that you can't be great if one remain in the academia. (E) Incorrect. This one is an attractive choice. The key here is the difference between knowledge and an intuitive grasp. The passage leads us to differentiate the aspects of emotions that can be grasped by observing and analyzing them as a dutiful scholar would do. The author argues that there are intangible aspects of the emotions that the scholars miss and that aspects had to be experienced by immersing oneself in real life. Just like you can read about law school but it is nothing like experiencing one. Question 15 Question 16 Antarctica Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 physiology lathyrism lathyrus sativus legume Question 20 Question 21 fatigue Question 22 Formal logic question chordate tracheophyte Pteropsida Hominidae The argument follows: c --> ~t p --> t (cpositive: ~t --> ~p) ~p --> h So it leads: c --> ~t --> ~p --> h, thus All members of the family H are C. Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 Malthusian catastrophe Section II Reading Comprehension Passage 1 Social Science French Revolution Women La Villirouet Question 01 Question 02 Question 03 Question 04 Question 05 Question 06 Passage 2 Humanity Romare Bearden African American History Question 07 Question 08 Question 09 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Passage 3 Natural Science Philosophy of Science biology physics DNA Biological determist Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Passage 4 Law Ronald Dworkin natural law legal positivism Question 21 Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 I can NOT figure out why the answer is E here. Can anyone help?? Another reminder why reading a sentence for its full meaning is so important on the LSAT. Look at line 27. "According to Dworkin, this account is incompatible with the actual practice of judges and lawyers, who act as if there is a fact of the matter even in cases where there is no consensus. The theory he proposes seeks to validate this practice without falling into what Dwokin correctly sees as the error of natural law theory." Reading the entire sentence gives you E, and helps on question 25 as well. Question 25 Question 26 Section III Analytical Reasoning Question 01 Question 02 Question 03 Question 04 Question 05 Question 06 Question 07 Question 08 Can someone figure out why E is the correct answer for this question? I am having trouble making the deductions that make it logical that Z has a sunroof. Question 09 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21 Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Section IV Logical Reasoning Question 01 Question 02 Question 03 Question 04 Question 05 Question 06 Question 07 Question 08 Question 09 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Question 17 Question 18 Question 19 Question 20 Question 21 Question 22 Question 23 Question 24 Question 25 Question 26 The materials adapted for LSAT. J. Madeleine Nash, "Fighting a Crippler." 1993 Copyright Time Inc. Robert J. Samuelson, "A Nation of Experts." Copyright 1995 by Newsweek, Inc. Anthony J. Sebock, "Judging the Fugitive Slave Acts." Copyright 1991 by The Yale Law Journal. Marilyn Yalom, Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women's Memory. Copyright by BasicBooks. 35