LSAT 114 – Section 4 – Question 25

LSAT 114 - Section 4 - Question 25

October 2002

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT114 S4 Q25
+LR
Must be false +MBF
A
24%
157
B
9%
158
C
5%
156
D
42%
167
E
21%
161
158
166
174
 +Hardest 144.851 +SubsectionEasier

One reason why European music has had such a strong influence throughout the world, and why it is a sophisticated achievement, is that over time the original function of the music—whether ritual, dance, or worship—gradually became an aspect of its style, not its defining force. Dance music could stand independent of dance, for example, and sacred music independent of religious worship, because each composition has so much internal coherence that the music ultimately depends on nothing but itself.

Summary
European music has had a strong influence throughout the world, and it is a sophisticated achievement.
One reason for this is that the original function of the music gradually became an aspect of its style, but didn’t define the music.
For example, dance music can stand independent of dance, and sacred music can stand independent of religion.
European music has so much internal coherence that it doesn’t depend on anything besides the music itself.

Notable Valid Inferences
There’s no clear inference to draw here. I’d rely on process of elimination to identify what must be false.

A
African music has had a more powerful impact on the world than European music has had.
Could be true. We’re never told European music has had the most powerful impact on the world. So it could be true that another kind of music had a more powerful impact.
B
European military and economic expansionism partially explains the global influence of European music.
Could be true. We were told about one reason European music has been so influential. So there can be other reasons, too.
C
The original functions of many types of Chinese music are no longer their defining forces.
Could be true. Perhaps Chinese music is also influential and sophisticated because the original function of the music isn’t a defining force.
D
Music that is unintelligible when it is presented independently of its original function tends to be the most sophisticated music.
Incompatible. We were told that one of the reasons European music is sophisticated is that it can stand apart from its original function. So it doesn’t make sense for the music unable to stand apart from original function to tend to be the most sophisticated.
E
Some works of art lose their appeal when they are presented to serve a function other than their original one.
Could be true. Some works might lose their appeal when they’re presented to serve a function other than the original. European music, however, is different from these works.

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