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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11395)
The correct answer choice is (B)
The question stem asks for the statement with which Mphahlele would most likely agree, based on the passage. Mphahlele’s views are primarily discussed in the third paragraph (lines 41-58).
Answer choice (A): The author of the stimulus never mentions Mphahlele’s perspective concerning the necessity of articulating a vision for the future. There is mention of Mphahlele’s own vision of the future in the second paragraph, but only in regard to the criticism he received arising from his failure to provide a roadmap to achieve his vision.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. Because Mphahlele’s works did not fit into predetermined categories, he would likely agree with this statement (lines 41-43). In fact, the passage states that he shows little interest in establishing guidelines to distinguish autobiography from fiction (also lines 41-43). Additionally, in the third paragraph it is stated that Mphahlele asserts that no novelist can write pure fiction or absolute fact, indicating that a blurring of the lines of distinction is inevitable (lines 45-50).
Answer choice (C): Mphahlele did not concern himself with literary categories, even in the case of his own unjustifiably dismissed works, so there is no reason to believe that the South African author would agree with this statement.
Answer choice (D): Because this passage does not get into the definitions of the classifications of work, this answer choice is incorrect. Furthermore, while he did state that no novelist could write complete fiction and that details must be drawn from the writer’s personal experiences, Mphahlele never asserted that novels could properly be classified as autobiographies.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not distinguish these classifications at all, so this answer choice is incorrect.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=11395)
The correct answer choice is (B)
The question stem asks for the statement with which Mphahlele would most likely agree, based on the passage. Mphahlele’s views are primarily discussed in the third paragraph (lines 41-58).
Answer choice (A): The author of the stimulus never mentions Mphahlele’s perspective concerning the necessity of articulating a vision for the future. There is mention of Mphahlele’s own vision of the future in the second paragraph, but only in regard to the criticism he received arising from his failure to provide a roadmap to achieve his vision.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice. Because Mphahlele’s works did not fit into predetermined categories, he would likely agree with this statement (lines 41-43). In fact, the passage states that he shows little interest in establishing guidelines to distinguish autobiography from fiction (also lines 41-43). Additionally, in the third paragraph it is stated that Mphahlele asserts that no novelist can write pure fiction or absolute fact, indicating that a blurring of the lines of distinction is inevitable (lines 45-50).
Answer choice (C): Mphahlele did not concern himself with literary categories, even in the case of his own unjustifiably dismissed works, so there is no reason to believe that the South African author would agree with this statement.
Answer choice (D): Because this passage does not get into the definitions of the classifications of work, this answer choice is incorrect. Furthermore, while he did state that no novelist could write complete fiction and that details must be drawn from the writer’s personal experiences, Mphahlele never asserted that novels could properly be classified as autobiographies.
Answer choice (E): The passage does not distinguish these classifications at all, so this answer choice is incorrect.