LSAT Test

LSAT Test practice questions, page 5 of 30, with answer review and explanations.

Question 21

At the local butcher's shop, there were five customers in the lineup. Each of the customers bought something different. The first names of the customers were Annie, Jessica, Lily, Maggie and Naomi. Their last names were Bore, Hazlitt, Piggott, Sowter and Trotter. The available products were: cumberland sausage, pork chops, pork pie, scotch eggs, and sliced ham. Lily Piggott was served later than the customer who requested the sliced ham, but before Mrs. Sowter. The second customer was Maggie. The pork pie was purchased by the customer directly after Jessica. Naomi was the woman who bought the scotch eggs; she was served after Annie. The Cumberland sausage was requested by Mrs. Trotter. Mrs. Hazlitt was the third in line. The fourth customer in the line bought the pork chops What place was Naomi in line?

  1. First
  2. Second
  3. Third
  4. Fourth
  5. Fifth

Question 22

Most of those who enjoy music play a musical instrument; therefore, if Maria enjoys music, she probably plays a musical instrument. Which one of the following most closely parallels the reasoning in the statement above?

  1. The majority of those who voted for Smith in the last election oppose abortion; therefore, if the residents of University City all voted for Smith, they probably oppose abortion.
  2. If you appreciate portrait painting you are probably a painter yourself; therefore, your own experience is probably the cause of your appreciation.
  3. Most of those who join the army are male; therefore, if Jones did not join the army, Jones is probably female.
  4. Over 50 percent of the high school students polled admitted hating homework; therefore, a majority of high school students do not like homework.
  5. If most workers drive to work, and Sam drives to work, then Sam must be a worker.

Question 23

Mary: All Italians are great lovers. Kathy: That is not so. I have met some Spaniards who were magnificent lovers. Kathy's reply to Mary indicates that she has misunderstood Mary's remark to mean that

  1. every great lover is an Italian
  2. Italians are best at the art of love
  3. Spaniards are inferior to Italians.
  4. Italian are more likely to be great lovers than Spaniards.
  5. there is a relationship between nationality and love.

Question 24

To paraphrase Oliver Wendell Holmes, taxes keep us civilized. Just look around you, at well-paved superhighways, air-conditioned schools, and modernized prisons, and you cannot help but agree with Holmes. Which one of the following is the strongest criticism of the statement above?

  1. The author never actually met Holmes.
  2. The author does not acknowledge those of us who do live near highways, schools, and prisons.
  3. The author does not assure us that he has been in a modernized prison.
  4. The author does not offer a biographical sketch of Holmes.
  5. The author does not define "civilized."

Question 25

Forty years ago, hardly anybody thought about going to court to sue somebody. A person could bump a pedestrian with his Chrysler Airflow and the victim would say something like, "No harm done," and walk away. Ipso facto. No filing of codicils, taking of depositions or polling the jury. Attorneys need not apply. Which one of the following sentences most logically continues the above passage?

  1. The Chrysler Airflow is no longer the harmless machine it used to be.
  2. Fortunately, this is still the case.
  3. Unfortunately, times have changed.
  4. New legislation affecting the necessity for codicils is a sign of the times.
  5. But now, as we know, law schools are full of eager young people.