September 2020 LSAT Section 3 Question 18

It can be inferred from the passage that the proponents of the typical accounts of the origins of bebop would be most...

iHAVE33FLAWSandAcommonLSATflawAINTone on June 1 at 05:15AM

Is this one hard?

Is this third passage objectively more difficult than the other three? I got 17/19 correct on the other three passages and flopped hard on the third. I don't know if it's a tough passage, or if I was missing something during timed and my BR...?

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Emil-Kunkin on June 1 at 09:56PM

So i do agree this is a hard passage, but for RC there is a bit less agreement as to what constitutes hard. I personally always struggled with anything asking me to visualize art music or any other form that I don't have in front of me. Many test takers tend to find science passages disproportionately hard. I do personally think that the questions on this passage are quite tough, but the difficulty of the questions is usually at least in part a function of how well we understand the passage. I often find that hard passages are those that I did not find particularly engaging. When you read it again, I would suggest pretending that your bosses boss, or maybe a significant other's dad is telling you this story. You need to digest and pay attention enough to his 4 minute story to then hold a five minute conversation. Won't work for everyone but for passages that seem difficult I like to trick myself with this.

iHAVE33FLAWSandAcommonLSATflawAINTone on June 2 at 04:53AM

I have found that same difficulty with my reading as well, trying to visualize it hasn't been extremely effective for me either. I will try that thought process, thank you!