#3 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[MountainGirl234]

Hi PowerScore,

For this question, I was torn between C and D. I chose C because I thought "relatively well known" was too strong compared to what's used in the passage ("remained familiar enough") when it came to describing the works of these artists.

However, now that I'm looking back, I realized that I may have interpreted C incorrectly. The passage is NOT saying that the examples provided are meant to be "works acclaimed BY leaders of the Pianoforte school," but that the artists themselves are the leaders of the Pianoforte school who have produced works that are "familiar enough."

Am I interpreting this correctly?

I found this passage easy enough to follow and was shocked when I got my results back indicating that I got 3/8, which is rarely the case. Do you have any advice for those who think they understood a passage but then found out they bombed it?

[KelseyWoods]

Hi MountainGirl!

"Remained familiar enough" is close to "relatively well known." Both of these phrases mean that these works are somewhat well known. Ultimately, the only thing we really know about these works from the passage is that they "remained familiar enough" and the only answer choice that gets close to saying they are "familiar" is answer choice (D).

Answer choice (C) has several things wrong with it. Yes, one thing is it says acclaimed BY the leaders and the composers mentioned might be leaders of the London Pianoforte school since they seem to have the most well known works. But no matter how you interpret it, nothing in the passage tells us whether these works were acclaimed by anyone. All we know from the passage is that they "remained familiar enough." Remaining familiar only refers to how well known the works are but tells us nothing about whether or not they are acclaimed.

Sometimes when a passage seems easy to read and understand, we get a little sloppy with our approach and overconfident. Remember to always read each passage paragraph by paragraph, paying attention to structure and viewpoints. Go back to the passage to make sure you can prove answer choices with what is in the passage. Don't just rely on your memory because the LSAT is very good at setting answer choice traps that will feel familiar to you but when you go back, you will see that they are unsupported. So be careful, even with those passages you find easy to read!

Hope this helps!

Best,
Kelsey