The Law National Aptitude Test — Section A

This paper is Section A of the LNAT: forty-two multiple-choice questions drawn from twelve argumentative passages, to be answered in ninety-five minutes. The LNAT does not test legal knowledge, and you are not expected to know a single statute or case. It tests whether you can read a piece of argumentative prose closely, work out exactly what it claims and how, and reason about it without slipping into the small errors that careless readers make.

Structure and marking

Duration	95 minutes, in one unbroken sitting
Questions	42, across 12 passages carrying three or four questions each
Options	Four per question. Exactly one is the best answer.
Marks	1 mark for each correct answer. Total 42.
Negative marking	None. A blank scores exactly what a wrong answer scores, which is nothing.

How to work this paper

Read each passage once for its argument before you look at its questions. Ask yourself in one sentence what the writer is ultimately arguing for, then go back to the exact words for any detail a question depends on.
Think in passages, not questions. Ninety-five minutes for forty-two questions is a little over two minutes each, but the passages are not equal. Budget roughly eight minutes per passage: two to read it, the rest to answer and check.
Answer only from the passage. Nothing you know about the topic from elsewhere can earn a mark, and it will regularly cost you one.
Leave nothing blank. There is no penalty for a wrong answer. With four options a blind guess is right one time in four; after eliminating one option it is one in three, and after two it is even money. Always eliminate first, then commit.
Use the two-pass method. On the first pass answer everything you can settle within its time and mark the two or three that resist you for review. Return to them with the time that remains. Do not let one stubborn question eat the time of five easy ones.

Using the question palette

The palette on the right of your screen shows the status of every question:

You have not visited the question yet.

You have visited the question but not answered it.

You have answered the question.

You have not answered the question, but marked it for review.

You have answered the question and marked it for review. The answer will be evaluated.

Save & Next records your answer and moves on.
Mark for Review flags a question to return to. An answer already given still counts.
Clear removes your answer for the current question.
Clicking a number in the palette jumps straight to that question.
Your answers save automatically as you work. If your connection drops or the page reloads, you will return to the same paper with your answers intact and the clock where it should be.

Examination conditions

Read this before you begin. These rules are enforced automatically.

The examination runs in fullscreen. If you leave fullscreen, switch tabs, or move to another application, the question paper is hidden immediately and a warning is recorded.
You are allowed three warnings. On the third, your paper is submitted automatically and cannot be reopened. Reloading the page does not clear warnings.
Copying, printing, right-clicking and developer shortcuts are disabled. Attempts are logged for the invigilator.
Opening this examination on a second device will end the sitting.
You may attempt this paper once. The clock runs on the server and continues even if you close the page.

The timer is fixed at the server and is shown at the top right of your screen. When it reaches zero the paper is submitted for you, with everything you have answered. You need not submit it yourself.

Section B of the LNAT, the forty-minute essay, is not part of this paper and is assessed separately.

LNAT Mock One — Section A (Standard)