Hard LR: Dense Stimuli, Abstract Answer Choices & the Last Ten Questions
Hard LR: Dense Stimuli & the Last Ten Questions
LR sections generally get harder toward the end. Today is deliberately the hardest material of the phase: long, abstract stimuli and answer choices, the kind that show up in questions 18-25 of a real section.
1. Slow Down on Purpose Here
Hard questions reward a slower, more careful first read more than fast questions do — the time you "save" skimming a dense stimulus is usually lost rereading it after picking a wrong answer.
2. Abstract Answer Choices
Hard questions often have all five choices phrased abstractly and similarly. Translate each into concrete terms tied to the stimulus before comparing them to each other.
3. When to Skip and Return
If a question isn't resolving within roughly 90 seconds of real engagement, flag it and move on — a fresh read later, with the section's other content already processed, is often faster than grinding on it cold.
Practice items on this page are curriculum-authored in LSAT style; they are not official LSAC questions. Real drilling happens on LawHub — see the assignment below.
Q1. You're 90 seconds into a dense, abstract Q23 with no progress. What's the right move?
LawHub: pull the last 8-10 questions specifically from a drill-tier LR section (skip the easier early questions) and work them untimed, focusing on the slow-down discipline.
Saturday: a full-spectrum mixed drill across every LR type covered so far, first untimed then timed.