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#26051
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10821)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for author’s primary concern in the passage: it is to discuss the value of the present biographical study of Lorenzo Tucker, as well as to provide some detail regarding the author’s approach to gathering and verifying biographical sources.
Answer choice (A): The author is not critical, and does not seek to correct historical traditions, so this choice should be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (B): No alternative method of investigation is proposed, so this choice fails the Fact Test and cannot be the right answer to this question.
Answer choice (C): The passage does not provide a summary of main points of the book discussed, and while the author does believe the book to be historically valuable, assessing the value is not a primary concern of the passage either.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not reexamine a previous historical perspective or specify its weaknesses, so this choice cannot be the correct answer to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, the author’s primary concern is to explain the author’s subject choice and approach to researching the project.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10821)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for author’s primary concern in the passage: it is to discuss the value of the present biographical study of Lorenzo Tucker, as well as to provide some detail regarding the author’s approach to gathering and verifying biographical sources.
Answer choice (A): The author is not critical, and does not seek to correct historical traditions, so this choice should be ruled out of contention in response to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (B): No alternative method of investigation is proposed, so this choice fails the Fact Test and cannot be the right answer to this question.
Answer choice (C): The passage does not provide a summary of main points of the book discussed, and while the author does believe the book to be historically valuable, assessing the value is not a primary concern of the passage either.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not reexamine a previous historical perspective or specify its weaknesses, so this choice cannot be the correct answer to this Must Be True question.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As prephrased above, the author’s primary concern is to explain the author’s subject choice and approach to researching the project.