Reading Comprehension · Weaken (RC)

PrepTest 121 · Section 2 · Question 8

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Weaken

The one idea it tests

To weaken claims about one side, find evidence that it did exactly what the passage says it does not do

The basic logic

List what the passage says about the side named in the stem, then pick the new fact that directly contradicts one of those claims

Tiny words that decide it

“rarely”
“seem”
“most weakened”

Playground logic

The passage says Maple Street players accept the rules and almost never bend them. A fact showing Maple Street launched a bold rule-bending style would pop that claim.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–12). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Two Chess Clubs, One Rulebook →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one of the following, if discovered, would most undermine the kid passage's claims about the Maple Street club?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 121, Section 2, Question 8 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 8 in your official copy and answer it first.

Make a quick list of every claim the passage makes about the group named in the question stem. Then test each choice: does it flatly contradict one of those claims? The winner shows that group doing what the passage says it rarely or never does. Ignore choices about the other group or about background facts the argument does not rely on.