Edwina: True appreciation of Mozart’s

Answer choices

1. A

   Out of Scope: academic authority1% picked this

   He appeals to an academic authority in order to challenge the factual basis

   Alberto doesn't cite any academic authority.

   1%
2. B

   Too Strong: attacks judgment Wrong Objection4% picked this

   He attacks her judgment by suggesting that she does not recognize the importance of the performer’s creativity to the audience’s

   LSAT doesn't do harsh, combative discussions like "attacking someone's judgment". Alberto was suggesting that she doesn't recognize how much Mozart would have expected a performed piece of his music to vary from how he heard it while writing it.

   4%
3. C

   Out of Scope: authenticity4% picked this

   He defends a competing view of

   Alberto doesn't discuss any view of what makes music authentic.

   4%
4. D

   Out of Scope: attacking conclusion24% picked this

   He attacks the logic of her argument by suggesting that the conclusion she draws does not follow from

   Edwina's conclusion was "Mozart's music should be heard on 18th century instruments". Alberto does not ever discuss whether Mozart's music should be heard on 18th century instruments. Even if Alberto rejects Edwina's reasons for that conclusion, he might have his own reasons for supporting that conclusion. He never gets into saying, "Even if he heard it on 18th century instruments, we shouldn't necessarily use 18th century instruments". Granted, any 2nd person who's questioning the 1st person's premise or assumption is making us feel like, "Oh ... I guess person 1's argument was a bad one. I guess the conclusion doesn't follow from the premises." But Alberto doesn't question the internal logic, which is actually pretty airtight: P1: we should hear Mozart's music exactly as he heard it P2: he heard it on 18th century instruments C: we should hear Mozart's music on 18th century instruments.

   24%
5. E

   Correct67% picked this

   He offers a reason to believe that one of the premises of her

   Why this is right

   Edwina says that "we should hear Mozart's music exactly as he intended it to be heard, that is, exactly as he heard it." Alberto attacks this idea that "how he heard it = how he intended it". Now, you and me might call that an assumption, not a premise. But this is test 7, and this answer is the best available. And if we want to be technical, we can say that assumptions are "unstated premises".

   Skill tested: Method · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   67%