Reading Comprehension · Inference (Comparative)

PrepTest 156 · Section 3 · Question 13

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Inference (Comparative)

The one idea it tests

Pick the statement that matches one writer's view and clashes with the other's.

The basic logic

Find where the two writers split. Usually one thinks a single method can settle everything, and the other thinks some things escape it. A good answer sits on one side of that split. Statements both would accept are traps.

Tiny words that decide it

“more likely”
“all”
“same methods”

Playground logic

Marcus thinks a fair test settles anything about Biscuit. Nadia thinks some things dodge tests. So Marcus is more likely to agree that science-corner tests are the right tool for anything a pet does.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 6–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Does Biscuit Sing? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which statement would Marcus be more likely than Nadia to agree with?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 156, Section 3, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Name the core split between the two writers in one sentence. Then test each choice: which side would accept it, and which would reject it? You want a choice the second writer accepts and the first rejects. Eliminate choices both would accept, choices neither discusses, and choices that belong to the wrong voice.