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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (A)
To properly understand the author’s use of the phrase “women’s culture” in line 14, it is important
to examine the context in which it appears. The information needed to answer Specific Reference
questions often resides elsewhere in the passage, in a section that also touches on the specifically
referenced issue. It is reasonable to expect that the entire second paragraph would be useful in
establishing the precise meaning of the phrase in question.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. “Women’s culture” was not explicitly
defined in line 14, which increased the difficulty of this question. Later on, however, the author
describes the local colorists mourning the demise of “women’s culture” by attributing mythic
significance to its artifacts of domesticity (lines 22-28). Clearly, the phrase refers primarily to a
culture where the role and experiences of women were overwhelmingly domestic.
Answer choice (B): This is a Shell Game answer. Women’s regional customs served as the narrative
focus of the local colorists, not as an expression of “women’s culture” as the term was used in line
14.
Answer choice (C): The phrase “women’s culture” refers to women’s domestic experiences before
they entered higher education and the political world, not to their artistic productions. In fact,
certain artistic productions (such as the work of the local colorists) resulted from the demise of the
“women’s culture,” and cannot properly be said to have “expressed” that culture. This answer choice
is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This is the Opposite answer. Women’s educational achievements were partly
responsible for the dissolution of the “women’s culture” (lines 14-15); they did not provide a means
of expressing it.
Answer choice (E): As with answer choice (D), this is the Opposite answer. Women’s political
activities were partly responsible for the dissolution of the “women’s culture” (lines 14-15). Be
careful not to choose an answer choice merely because the concept was referenced in the same
sentence as the term whose meaning you need to describe.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=14335)
The correct answer choice is (A)
To properly understand the author’s use of the phrase “women’s culture” in line 14, it is important
to examine the context in which it appears. The information needed to answer Specific Reference
questions often resides elsewhere in the passage, in a section that also touches on the specifically
referenced issue. It is reasonable to expect that the entire second paragraph would be useful in
establishing the precise meaning of the phrase in question.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. “Women’s culture” was not explicitly
defined in line 14, which increased the difficulty of this question. Later on, however, the author
describes the local colorists mourning the demise of “women’s culture” by attributing mythic
significance to its artifacts of domesticity (lines 22-28). Clearly, the phrase refers primarily to a
culture where the role and experiences of women were overwhelmingly domestic.
Answer choice (B): This is a Shell Game answer. Women’s regional customs served as the narrative
focus of the local colorists, not as an expression of “women’s culture” as the term was used in line
14.
Answer choice (C): The phrase “women’s culture” refers to women’s domestic experiences before
they entered higher education and the political world, not to their artistic productions. In fact,
certain artistic productions (such as the work of the local colorists) resulted from the demise of the
“women’s culture,” and cannot properly be said to have “expressed” that culture. This answer choice
is incorrect.
Answer choice (D): This is the Opposite answer. Women’s educational achievements were partly
responsible for the dissolution of the “women’s culture” (lines 14-15); they did not provide a means
of expressing it.
Answer choice (E): As with answer choice (D), this is the Opposite answer. Women’s political
activities were partly responsible for the dissolution of the “women’s culture” (lines 14-15). Be
careful not to choose an answer choice merely because the concept was referenced in the same
sentence as the term whose meaning you need to describe.