#24 - Concept Reference, Must Be True

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (E).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D):

Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice.


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[lsatquestions]

Hello, I narrowed the choices down to C and E, but eliminated E because questioning the belief that the wealthiest were the most powerful did not mean eliminating the relationship between wealth and power. The existence of 'many' millionaires also does not sufficiently attack the relationship. The last sentence in that paragraph dismisses the notion that wealth is a prerequisite for entry into the governing elite, but politics is only one aspect of power.

I thought C was correct because Rubinstein argues that the northern industrial elite was consistently outnumbered and outdone by a London-based commercial elite. This sentence in the 2nd paragraph also supports answer C: "It does seem as if large fortunes were more frequently made in commerce than in industry and, within industry, more frequently from alcohol or tobacco than from textiles or metal." Can you please explain why C is incorrect?

[Adam Tyson]

Answer E is correct, lsatquestions, because the question isn't asking which statement Rubinstein proves to be wrong. It's just asking which statement he challenges, which means he attacks or weakens it, even if only a little.

Rubinestein's work challenges the claim that wealth and power must be related in the third paragraph, and the whole paragraph is about challenging that notion. There were millionaires with little to no power, and powerful clergy, civil servants, and company executives who had little to no wealth (just a university education and a middle-class family). All of that challenges the idea that wealth and power had to go together.

Answer C is incorrect for exactly the reasons you cited! Rubinstein doesn't challenge that statement, but attempts to support it!