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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14213)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question asks for a topic that is central to both passages, so the correct answer choice will likely
deal with the issue of blackmail.
Answer choice (A): Only the first passage deals with the issue of triangular transactions, so this
choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): The right to free speech is only mentioned in the first passage; it is not a central
topic in the first passage, and not mentioned in the second.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. The first passage deals with how blackmail
is handled in Canadian and United States common law, while the second passage’s author discusses
how Classical Roman law dealt with the issue.
Answer choice (D): This choice might be appealing because the two passages explore different
understandings of the concept of blackmail, but neither passage is centrally focussed on the history
of blackmail as a legal concept.
Answer choice (E): The blackmail paradox is only mentioned in the first passage; the issue is not
raised at all in the second passage, so it cannot be the right answer to this Must Be True question.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14213)
The correct answer choice is (C)
This question asks for a topic that is central to both passages, so the correct answer choice will likely
deal with the issue of blackmail.
Answer choice (A): Only the first passage deals with the issue of triangular transactions, so this
choice should be ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (B): The right to free speech is only mentioned in the first passage; it is not a central
topic in the first passage, and not mentioned in the second.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. The first passage deals with how blackmail
is handled in Canadian and United States common law, while the second passage’s author discusses
how Classical Roman law dealt with the issue.
Answer choice (D): This choice might be appealing because the two passages explore different
understandings of the concept of blackmail, but neither passage is centrally focussed on the history
of blackmail as a legal concept.
Answer choice (E): The blackmail paradox is only mentioned in the first passage; the issue is not
raised at all in the second passage, so it cannot be the right answer to this Must Be True question.