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#26056
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10821)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question asks for a summary of the passage: The author discusses creating a biography of the multitalented Lorenzo Tucker, with sources including personal recollections, subject to verification.
Answer choice (A): The author does not claim to have used innovative research methods, and while the passage specifies that there has previously been insufficient scholarship in this area, it does not, as this choice claims, seek to correct previous misinterpretations. This choice does not pass the Fact Test; it cannot be the right answer to this Main Point question.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed above, the passage discusses a biography about Lorenzo Tucker, based on many sources, including firsthand interviews, and in doing so deals with a previously insufficiently studied area of theater and film.
Answer choice (C): The passage contains no mention of Tucker’s having had an interest in preserving such a record (although Tucker’s memorabilia and personal recollections are valuable for this purpose). The author does say that the biography deals with part of the history of US entertainment that has been insufficiently studied, but this choice is inaccurate and thus should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (D): The author makes a clear effort to avoid the referenced issues with objectivity; the research methods used do not exemplify the issue.
Answer choice (E): The author does mention that Tucker’s experience is valuable in filling in the gaps of previously insufficiently studied history, but the author does not say that previous historians have failed to pay attention specifically to Tucker’s nonperforming contributions. In any case, this is not the Main Point of the passage and cannot be the right answer to this question.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10821)
The correct answer choice is (B)
This question asks for a summary of the passage: The author discusses creating a biography of the multitalented Lorenzo Tucker, with sources including personal recollections, subject to verification.
Answer choice (A): The author does not claim to have used innovative research methods, and while the passage specifies that there has previously been insufficient scholarship in this area, it does not, as this choice claims, seek to correct previous misinterpretations. This choice does not pass the Fact Test; it cannot be the right answer to this Main Point question.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed above, the passage discusses a biography about Lorenzo Tucker, based on many sources, including firsthand interviews, and in doing so deals with a previously insufficiently studied area of theater and film.
Answer choice (C): The passage contains no mention of Tucker’s having had an interest in preserving such a record (although Tucker’s memorabilia and personal recollections are valuable for this purpose). The author does say that the biography deals with part of the history of US entertainment that has been insufficiently studied, but this choice is inaccurate and thus should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (D): The author makes a clear effort to avoid the referenced issues with objectivity; the research methods used do not exemplify the issue.
Answer choice (E): The author does mention that Tucker’s experience is valuable in filling in the gaps of previously insufficiently studied history, but the author does not say that previous historians have failed to pay attention specifically to Tucker’s nonperforming contributions. In any case, this is not the Main Point of the passage and cannot be the right answer to this question.