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LSAT * PrepTest 41 October 2003 Test ID: LL3041 PT 41 12/10/03 4:09 PM Page ii A complete version of PrepTest 41 has been reproduced with the permission of Law School Admission Council, Inc. Prep Test 41 © 2003 Law School Admission Council, Inc. All actual LSAT ® questions printed within this work are used with the permission of Law School Admission Council, Inc., Box 2000, Newton, PA 18940, the copyright owner. LSAC does not review or endorse specific test preparation or services, and inclusion of licensed LSAT® questions within this work does not imply the review or endorsement of LSAC. © 2004 Kaplan, Inc. All right reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microfilm, xerography, or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of Kaplan, Inc. PT 41 12/10/03 4:09 PM Page iii Logical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION I Analytical Reasoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION II Logical Reasoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION III Reading Comprehension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECTION IV PT 41 12/10/03 4:09 PM Page 2 1 1 1 -2- SECTION I Time—35 minutes 25 Questions Directions: The questions in this section are based on the reasoning contained in brief statements or passages. For some questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the question. However, you are to choose the best answer; that is, the response that most accurately and completely answers the question. You should not make assumptions that are by commonsense standards implausible, superfluous, or incompatible with the passage. After you have chosen the best answer, blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet. 1. Because the statement “all gray rabbits are rabbits” is true, it follows by analogy that the statement “all suspected criminals are criminals” is also true. The reasoning above is flawed because it fails to recognize that (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) the relationship between being a criminal and being a rabbit is not of the same kind as that between being suspected and being gray the relationship between being suspected and being a rabbit is not of the same kind as that between being gray and being a criminal the relationship between being a gray rabbit and being a rabbit is not of the same kind as that between being a suspected criminal and being a criminal not all rabbits are gray not all criminals are suspected 2. A study of plaque buildup on teeth used three randomly assigned groups of people who brushed their teeth twice a day for a year. People in Group 1 used the same toothbrush all year. People in Group 2 used the same toothbrush all year but sterilized it each month. People in Group 3 used a new, sterile toothbrush each month. At the end of the year, people in Groups 1 and 2 had the same amount of plaque buildup as each other, while people in Group 3 had less plaque buildup. 3. Xavier: Demand by tourists in Nepal for inexpensive thangka paintings has resulted in the proliferation of inferior thangkas containing symbolic inaccuracies—a sure sign of a dying art form. Nepal should prohibit sales of thangkas to tourists, for such a prohibition will induce artists to create thangkas that meet traditional standards. Yvette: An art form without dedicated young artists will decay and die. If tourists were forbidden to buy thangkas, young artists would cease making thangkas and concentrate instead on an art form tourists can buy. Yvette responds to Xavier by (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) denying the existence of the problem that Xavier’s propo