Reading Rainbow: Law School Admissions Torture(Prep)

Too many episodes of Scrubs made me a pre-med in college (a short-lived two-semester delusion), and too many episodes of Raising the Bar have made me register for the LSAT (a half-day multiple-choice ordeal).

Why am I taking the LSAT? Because I haven’t ruled out law school. But then again, I haven’t ruled out running through on-coming traffic across the Roosevelt Memorial Bridge and then swan-diving into the Potomac River to live permanently with mermaids and pretty fishies.

I bought a small paperback LSAT guide, the size of a romance novel, because it was less intimidating, and well, cheaper.
Here’s a taste:

Questions 34-35

During a museum trip, Martha and John each attend three history lectures (B, C, and D) and three science lectures (X, Y, and Z). They do not attend the same lecture at the same time, although they attend all six one-hour lectures. The lecture schedule must conform to the following conditions:

- John must attend each science lecture prior to Martha attending that same lecture.
- Martha must attend each history lecture prior to John attending that same lecture.
- John cannot attend two historical lectures consecutively.
- Martha must attend lecture Z third.
- John wants to bring his dog to the lectures.
- Martha never talks to strangers.
- Martha and John hate each other.

34. Which one of the following could be true?
(A) John attends Y first.
(B) Martha attends D first.
(C) Martha will inevitably slap John on the mouth.
(D) John’s dog will bite Martha.
(E) Martha is voting for Sarah Palin just because she has ovaries.

35. If John attends lecture B fourth, which of the following CANNOT be true.
(A) John must attend lecture C sixth
(B) Martha doesn’t even like museums.
(C) John has to postpone the lecture to "work" on the financial crisis.
(D) Martha also doesn’t accept candy from strangers.
(E) Hybrid will get the lowest score in the history of LSAT, EVER.

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