LSAT 103 – Section 2 – Question 07

LSAT 103 - Section 2 - Question 07

September 1998

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PT103 S2 Q07
+LR
Necessary assumption +NA
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
0%
160
B
1%
152
C
97%
167
D
2%
158
E
0%
146
131
139
146
 +Easier 149.468 +SubsectionMedium

Speakers of the Caronian language constitute a minority of the population in several large countries. An international body has recommended that the regions where Caronian-speakers live be granted autonomy as an independent nation in which Caronian-speakers would form a majority. But Caronian-speakers live in several, widely scattered areas that cannot be united within a single continuous boundary while at the same time allowing Caronian-speakers to be the majority population. Hence, the recommendation cannot be satisfied.

Summary
The argument concludes that it’s impossible to satisfy a recommendation that regions with many Caronian-speakers be allowed to form an independent, Caronian-majority nation. This is because Caronian-speakers live in scattered areas that wouldn’t fit into a single continuous border without including a majority population of non-Caronian-speakers.

Notable Assumptions
The argument disqualifies the idea of a Caronian-majority nation on the basis that such a nation would be impossible within a continuous border. This assumes that it’s impossible to create a Caronian-majority nation with a discontinuous border—that includes several disconnected regions.

A
A nation once existed in which Caronian-speakers formed the majority of the population.
The argument doesn’t rely on a Caronian-majority nation having previously existed. In fact, this doesn’t affect the argument at all one way or another, so is not necessary.
B
Caronian-speakers tend to perceive themselves as constituting a single community.
The argument’s analysis of whether it’s possible to create a Caronian-majority nation operates independently of how Caronian-speakers perceive themselves, making this not necessary.
C
The recommendation would not be satisfied by the creation of a nation formed of disconnected regions.
This must be assumed, because it’s the only way that the conclusion is supported by the premise that forming a continuous Caronian-majority nation would be impossible. If a disconnected nation were possible, the conclusion would be unsupported.
D
The new Caronian nation will not include as citizens anyone who does not speak Caronian.
The argument only cares about non-Caronian-speakers to the extent that they can’t form a majority in the proposed Caronian nation. Whether or not they will be citizens is irrelevant.
E
In most nations several different languages are spoken.
The typical language situation of most nations is irrelevant to whether it’s possible to create a new Caronian-majority nation.

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