Q1

[jm.kahn]

This question gave me a lot of trouble with respect to choice C.

The passage states that "nunits came closer to founding a truly national black theater (X) than anyone else" has a connotation or inference that they attempted and came close but didn't really found X. So it seems a leap to say that it's same as "nunits founded perhaps what was X", which has an opposite connotation which is that they likely founded X.

It doesn't appear that there is consensus among experts on whether these two statements are same in meaning or have opposite connotation. I see why other choices are no good, but MP questions have such choices that can be eliminated per lsac standards if the two statements above don't have exactly the same meaning.

Also Line7-8 say that the nunits were "until recently, little studied". It means that they were not studied much until recently. It doesn't mean that they are "now being studied or recognized" like the choice C says. This again would disqualify C from being a correct answer.

Can someone who can see these issues explain them?

[rachel.miklaszewski]

I had the same issues as well!

[vstoever]

This question gave me a lot of trouble with respect to choice C.

The passage states that "nunits came closer to founding a truly national black theater (X) than anyone else" has a connotation or inference that they attempted and came close but didn't really found X. So it seems a leap to say that it's same as "nunits founded perhaps what was X", which has an opposite connotation which is that they likely founded X.

It doesn't appear that there is consensus among experts on whether these two statements are same in meaning or have opposite connotation. I see why other choices are no good, but MP questions have such choices that can be eliminated per lsac standards if the two statements above don't have exactly the same meaning.

Also Line7-8 say that the nunits were "until recently, little studied". It means that they were not studied much until recently. It doesn't mean that they are "now being studied or recognized" like the choice C says. This again would disqualify C from being a correct answer.

Can someone who can see these issues explain them?

I also had a hard time, here's why I thought C was correct in the end though,

They are now being recognized for their pivotal role because it said, "one of the most important, though until recently little-studied legacies... were the Negro Units..." A legacy has a lasting impact or as the answer choice says plays a "pivotal role" and legacy if we look at the meaning implies something that is handed down to new generations so it implies it may have been the first truly national black theatre. Now that they are studying the legacy it implies they are recognizing its impact. Also the answer choice says the theatre was reflecting the diversity of views and interests of the African American community, this represents all of the second paragraph where there are different views of how the theater should be, and the paragraph ends by saying, "this allowed the Negro Units to produce dramatic art that reflected genuine diversity..." (line 56-58)

[ZaftigG65]

If you get to the finish line before anyone else it is still correct to say you came closer than anyone else to winning.