MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 119: Answer and Explanation
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Question: 119
6. The role of the individual athlete during a basketball game as described by the author is most analogous to:
- A. the role of the solo instrumentalist in an orchestra.
- B. the role of the director of a film.
- C. the role of a member of a selective think-tank in a brainstorming session.
- D. the role of an average student in a class.
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
C This is an Analogy question.
A: No. The soloist may be virtuosic, but not an equal member of a team. This choice also fails to capture the theme of constant interaction in the passage.
B: No. The director of a film is in charge of the other "players" rather than being on equal footing with the rest of the team.
C: Yes. Novak describes basketball players as all being virtuosic in their own way, but working together, all players being equally necessary to success. A member of a think tank involved in a brainstorming session would play a similar role, including the constant interaction and responsiveness to new scenarios that is described in the passage.
D: No. We don't have any indication in this choice that an average student would be virtuosic in his or her own way, and yet in constant interaction with the rest of the class, improvising as the class progressed in unpredictable ways.