LSAT (Law School Admission Test) · Reading Comprehension
Science, Law, Literature and Economics Passages
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- Which one of the following most accurately states the main point of the passage?
- According to the passage, why did most geologists reject Wegener's proposal?
- The passage suggests that the studies of the ocean floor in the 1950s were important because they
- Which one of the following can be most reasonably inferred from the passage?
- The author mentions the fossils and coastlines in order to
- The author's attitude toward Wegener's work is best described as
- Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the passage?
- According to the passage, defenders of precedent claim that it
- What does the passage mean by 'distinguish a precedent'?
- The passage suggests that defenders of precedent would most likely say that distinguishing a precedent is
- The last sentence of the passage serves to
- It can be inferred from the passage that critics of precedent would be most likely to agree that
- Which one of the following best summarizes the passage?
- According to the passage, the older critics regarded Lowell's novels primarily as
- The author mentions the heroine who accepts a loveless engagement in order to
- Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the skeptics' objection described in the passage?
- The author's concluding sentence suggests that
- Which one of the following is most analogous to the dispute between the new critics and the skeptics?
- It can be inferred that, according to the new critics, most of Lowell's contemporaries
- Which one of the following best states the main idea of the passage?
- According to the passage, a city can support a specialist physician because
- The author cites the fact that wages are higher in large cities for workers with the same education and experience in order to
- Which one of the following is an assumption the author makes in drawing the conclusion in the last sentence?
- The last sentence indicates that the evidence discussed
- The author's attitude toward the critics' point about communications is best described as