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Reading comp question

by sebasthegreatking Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:08 pm

Hy, I am beginning to study for the LSAT, and I have a doubt with this question. Here is the fragment of the passage to answer:

To make a sharp distinction between entertainment and learning is poor pedagogy, and even worse psichology. A great deal of learning comes in the form of entertainment, and a great deal of entertainment painlessly teaches important things.

Question: " Make a sharp distinction between entertainment and learning " is incorrect for the author because:

And I'm stuck between

B. Without entertainment, little learning takes place.
C. Entertainment and learning are closely interrelated.

What's the answer? why? and why the other answer is incorrect?

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Re: Reading comp question

by tommywallach Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:51 am

Hey Sebas,

Where is this question from that you don't know the answer? Any real test would have an answer key, so you would at least know the right answer. I ask because this question looks...questionable...to me. A lot of LSAT resources are no good, so it's important we study only with good material (or else we learn bad habits).

Neither of these answers look correct to me, though (C) would clearly be better. (B) could only be correct if the stimulus had said, "The vast majority of learning comes in the form of entertainment..." However, the passage also didn't suggest the two things (entertainment and learning) are inherently interrelated, so I don't like (C) either. In the future, always post entire questions, and always make sure there are no typos (The question stem you've typed here cannot be the actual question stem, as it's ungrammatical).

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