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Critical Thinking Week 5 Quiz 7/26/12 10:24 PM 7/26/12 11:27 PM Completed 65 out of 100 points 1 hour, 2 minutes out of 2 hours.

This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in the first half of Chapter 9. Be sure you are in Chapter 9 when you take the quiz.
5 out of 5 points

Question 1

Which rule does the following syllogism violate? All persons in the secretaries' union are persons who make a lot of money. Ann is a secretary. Therefore, Ann is a person who makes lots of money.
Answer Selected Answer:

four-terms fallacy
Correct Answer:

four-terms fallacy

Question 2
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Which is true?
Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer:

All of the above are true. A sound deductive argument is one that has valid form and true premises.

Question 3
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Which one of the following is an example of a hypothetical statement?


Answer Selected Answer:

If Karen returns, then I will return also.


Correct Answer:

If Karen returns, then I will return also.

Question 4
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The syllogism itself, not the premises, can be _____.


Answer Selected Answer:

valid.
Correct Answer:

valid.

Question 5
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Which one of the following hypothetical syllogisms is invalid?


Answer Selected Answer:

If P, then Q. Not Q. Therefore, not P.


Correct Answer:

If P, then Q. Not P. Therefore, not Q.

Question 6
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If "or" is used in its non-exclusive sense, which of the five following syllogisms is invalid?
Answer Selected Answer:

Either P or Q. Not Q. Therefore, P.


Correct Answer:

Either P or Q. P. Therefore, not Q.

Question 7
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In the following syllogism, the major term is _______________. All human beings are mortal. Ann is a human being. Ann is mortal.
Answer Selected Answer:

mortal
Correct Answer:

mortal

Question 8

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Which rule is being violated in the following syllogism? Only man (not the plants or animals) is that which has been called by God to avoid sin and reap the rewards of heaven. Martha is not a man. Therefore, Martha is not that which has been called by God to avoid sin and reap the rewards of heaven.
Answer Selected Answer:

illicit major
Correct Answer:

equivocation

Question 9
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Which one of the following syllogisms is invalid?


Answer Selected Answer:

Some X are Y. Some Z are X. Therefore, some Z are Y.


Correct Answer:

Some X are Y. Some Z are X. Therefore, some Z are Y.

Question 10
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A basic form of deductive argument is ________.


Answer Selected Answer:

the syllogism.
Correct Answer:

the syllogism.

Question 11
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Premises in syllogisms can be ________________.


Answer Selected Answer:

valid
Correct Answer:

a and b

Question 12
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In a valid syllogism, if the first two premises are true, then ______________.
Answer Selected Answer:

the conclusion must be false.


Correct Answer:

the conclusion must be true.

Question 13
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Which of the following statements is a particular proposition?


Answer Selected Answer:

Some men are monsters.


Correct Answer:

Some men are monsters.

Question 14
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When the premises are true and the syllogism is valid, we have a(n) _______ argument.
Answer Selected Answer:

sound
Correct Answer:

sound

Question 15
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If one of the statements in a syllogism is particular, the conclusion _____________.


Answer Selected Answer:

must be particular.
Correct Answer:

must be particular.

Question 16
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Which one of the following statements is a universal proposition?


Answer

Selected Answer:

All women are mortal.


Correct Answer:

All women are mortal.

Question 17
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A syllogism in which one of the premises is missing is called a(n) _________________.


Answer Selected Answer:

enthymeme.
Correct Answer:

enthymeme.

Question 18
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To form a valid syllogism, which premise is missing in the following argument? [missing premise] Sam is a politician. Therefore, Sam is a dishonest person.
Answer Selected Answer:

All politicians are dishonest persons.


Correct Answer:

All politicians are dishonest persons.

Question 19
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Complete the following syllogism: All X are Y; Some Z are X; Therefore, ______________.
Answer Selected Answer:

all Z are Y.
Correct Answer:

some Z are Y.

Question 20
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All dillybobbers are thingamajigs. No whatchamacallit is a dillybobber. Therefore, no whatchamacallits are thingamajigs. This syllogism is an example of _______________.
Answer

Selected Answer:

illicit process.
Correct Answer:

illicit process.
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Tuba Kalenderoglu Critical Thinking Week 5 Quiz 7/27/12 9:05 PM 7/27/12 10:05 PM Completed 100 out of 100 points 1 hour, 0 minute out of 2 hours.

This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in the first half of Chapter 9. Be sure you are in Chapter 9 when you take the quiz.
5 out of 5 points

Question 1

Which one of the following statements is a universal proposition?


Answer Selected Answer:

All women are mortal.

Question 2
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In the following syllogism, the major term is _______________. All human beings are mortal. Ann is a human being. Ann is mortal.
Answer Selected Answer:

mortal

Question 3
5 out of 5 points

Which of the following statements is a particular proposition?


Answer Selected Answer:

Some men are monsters.

Question 4
5 out of 5 points

If one of the statements in a syllogism is particular, the conclusion _____________.


Answer Selected Answer:

must be particular.

Question 5
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When the premises are true and the syllogism is valid, we have a(n) _______ argument.
Answer Selected Answer:

sound

Question 6
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Which is true?
Answer Selected Answer:

A sound deductive argument is one that has valid form and true premises.
5 out of 5 points

Question 7

A basic form of deductive argument is ________.


Answer Selected Answer:

the syllogism.

Question 8
5 out of 5 points

Which one of the following hypothetical syllogisms is invalid?


Answer Selected Answer:

If P, then Q. Not P. Therefore, not Q.

Question 9
5 out of 5 points

If "or" is used in its non-exclusive sense, which of the five following syllogisms is invalid?
Answer Selected Answer:

Either P or Q. P. Therefore, not Q.

Question 10
5 out of 5 points

Which rule is being violated in the following syllogism? Only man (not the plants or animals) is that which has been called by God to avoid sin and reap the rewards of heaven. Martha is not a man. Therefore, Martha is not that which has been called by God to avoid sin and reap the rewards of heaven.
Answer Selected Answer:

equivocation

Question 11
5 out of 5 points

Which one of the following syllogisms is invalid?


Answer Selected Answer:

Some X are Y. Some Z are X. Therefore, some Z are Y.

Question 12
5 out of 5 points

In a valid syllogism, if the first two premises are true, then ______________.
Answer Selected Answer:

the conclusion must be true.

Question 13
5 out of 5 points

All dillybobbers are thingamajigs. No whatchamacallit is a dillybobber. Therefore, no whatchamacallits are thingamajigs. This syllogism is an example of _______________.
Answer Selected Answer:

illicit process.

Question 14
5 out of 5 points

A syllogism in which one of the premises is missing is called a(n) _________________.


Answer Selected Answer:

enthymeme.

Question 15
5 out of 5 points

Which rule does the following syllogism violate? All persons in the secretaries' union are persons who make a lot of money. Ann is a secretary. Therefore, Ann is a person who makes lots of money.
Answer Selected Answer:

four-terms fallacy

Question 16
5 out of 5 points

Which one of the following is an example of a hypothetical statement?


Answer Selected Answer:

If Karen returns, then I will return also.

Question 17
5 out of 5 points

To form a valid syllogism, which premise is missing in the following argument? [missing premise] Sam is a politician. Therefore, Sam is a dishonest person.
Answer Selected Answer:

All politicians are dishonest persons.

Question 18
5 out of 5 points

The syllogism itself, not the premises, can be _____.


Answer Selected Answer:

valid.

Question 19
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Premises in syllogisms can be ________________.


Answer Selected Answer:

a and b

Question 20
5 out of 5 points

Complete the following syllogism: All X are Y; Some Z are X; Therefore, ______________.
Answer Selected Answer:

some Z are Y.
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Tuba Kalenderoglu Critical Thinking Week 6 Quiz 8/5/12 12:49 AM 8/5/12 1:16 AM Completed 45 out of 100 points 26 minutes out of 2 hours.

This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in the second half of Chapter 9. Be sure you are in Chapter 9 when you take the quiz.
5 out of 5 points

Question 1

Opinion poll question: Do you favor more money for welfare programs, or do you feel we should let people starve on the streets?
Answer Selected Answer:

Either/Or fallacy

Question 2
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No one has ever proved that the human fetus is not a person with rights. Therefore, abortion is morally wrong.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ignorance

Question 3
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California condors are rapidly disappearing. This bird is a California condor. Therefore, this bird should disappear any minute now.
Answer Selected Answer:

False Analogy

Question 4
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We know that induction will provide dependable results in the future because it has always worked in the past. Whatever has consistently worked in the past will continue to work in the future, and we know that is true because it has been established by induction.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 5
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Every member of the Delta Club is over 70 years old. Therefore, the Delta Club must be over 70 years old.
Answer Selected Answer:

Authority

Question 6
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Terrorists from the Middle East have crossed our borders and traveled through the country at will. Obviously the Immigration Service has not been doing its job.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 7
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On Friday I took Virginia out to dinner. She told me that if I wasn't interested in a serious relationship, I should forget about dating her. On Saturday I took Margie to a film. When we discussed it afterward over a drink, she couldn't understand why I wasn't interested in babies. Women are all alike. All they want is a secure marriage.
Answer Selected Answer:

Extravagant hypothesis

Question 8
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No one has ever proved that taking vitamins actually improves a person's health. Therefore, we can conclude that vitamins are simply a waste of money.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ignorance

Question 9
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If you find yourself paralyzed in bed for a few moments and see little creatures by your bed, you might conclude that you had experienced some kind of UFO alien abduction.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ignorance

Question 10
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Pope John Paul II has stated that artificial insemination of women is immoral. We can only conclude that this practice is indeed immoral.
Answer Selected Answer:

Slippery slope

Question 11
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During the Gulf war many Americans made immense profits. That is an indisputable fact. Therefore, there can be no doubt that American business interests instigated the war.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 12
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Televangelist Jerry Falwell said that God's anger with feminism led to the destruction of the World Trade Center. Given Falwell's closeness to God, we have no alternative than to blame the feminists for this atrocity.
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Composition

Question 13
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Only short poems can be good, not long ones. Of course, many so-called poems, such as Paradise Lost, take up a large number of pages. But if they are any good, they must really be collections of short poems, because a long poem as such cannot be of any great value.
Answer Selected Answer:

Bandwagon

Question 14
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Criminals are basically stupid, because anyone who isn't basically stupid wouldn't be a

criminal.
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning

Question 15
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All persons act in order that they might get pleasure.Even so-called altruistic persons who help others so much that they do almost nothing for themselves get pleasure out of giving.Otherwise, they wouldn't do it. Suppose a person hits himself over the head with a hammer.He must get pleasure from it, because why else would he do it if he didn't get pleasure from it?
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning

Question 16
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Either we have prayer in our public schools or the moral fabric of society will disintegrate. The choice should be obvious.
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Either/Or Fallacy

Question 17
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Either the government imposes price controls on the cost of prescription drugs, or the pharmaceutical companies will continue to reap huge profits. Therefore, price controls must be imposed, because we cannot tolerate these huge profits any longer.
Answer Selected Answer:

Division

Question 18
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The Book of Mormon is true because it was written by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith wrote the truth because he was divinely inspired. We know that Joseph Smith was divinely inspired because the Book of Mormon says that he was, and the Book of Mormon is true.
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning

Question 19
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The students attending Strayer University Online come from every one of the fifty states.Rachquette attends Strayer University Online.Therefore, Rachquette comes from everyone of the fifty states.
Answer Selected Answer:

Either/Or fallacy

Question 20
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The farmers of our state have asked that we introduce legislation to provide subsidies for soybeans. Unfortunately, we will have to turn down their request. If we give subsidies to the soybean farmers, then the corn and wheat growers will ask for the same thing. Then it will be the cotton growers, citrus growers, truck farmers, and cattle raisers. In the end, the cost will be astronomical.
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning
Sunday, August 5, 2012 8:00:18 PM EDT User Tuba Kalenderoglu Course Critical Thinking Test Week 6 Quiz Started 8/5/12 1:17 AM Submitted 8/5/12 2:18 AM Status Completed Score 80 out of 100 points Time Elapsed 1 hour, 1 minute out of 2 hours. Instructions This quiz consist of

20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in the second half of Chapter 9. Be sure you are in Chapter 9 when you take the quiz.
5 out of 5 points

Question 1

No one has ever proved that the human fetus is not a person with rights. Therefore, abortion is morally wrong.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ignorance

Question 2
5 out of 5 points

Either the government imposes price controls on the cost of prescription drugs, or the pharmaceutical companies will continue to reap huge profits. Therefore, price controls must be imposed, because we cannot tolerate these huge profits any longer.
Answer Selected Answer:

Either/Or fallacy

Question 3
5 out of 5 points

Opinion poll question: Do you favor more money for welfare programs, or do you feel we should let people starve on the streets?
Answer Selected Answer:

Either/Or fallacy

Question 4
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White sheep eat more than black sheep (because there are more of them). Therefore, this white sheep eats more than that black sheep.
Answer Selected Answer:

Division

Question 5
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The students attending Strayer University Online come from every one of the fifty states.Rachquette attends Strayer University Online.Therefore, Rachquette comes from everyone of the fifty states.
Answer Selected Answer:

Division

Question 6
5 out of 5 points

Either we have prayer in our public schools or the moral fabric of society will disintegrate. The choice should be obvious.
Answer Selected Answer:

Either/Or Fallacy

Question 7
5 out of 5 points

Karen has just moved in with her boyfriend. She claims that living together before marriage is ethical since everyone is doing it now.
Answer Selected Answer:

Bandwagon

Question 8
0 out of 5 points

The farmers of our state have asked that we introduce legislation to provide subsidies for soybeans. Unfortunately, we will have to turn down their request. If we give subsidies to the soybean farmers, then the corn and wheat growers will ask for the same thing. Then it will be the cotton growers, citrus growers, truck farmers, and cattle raisers. In the end, the cost will be astronomical.
Answer Selected Answer:

Genetic

Question 9
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The Book of Mormon is true because it was written by Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith wrote the truth because he was divinely inspired. We know that Joseph Smith was divinely inspired because the Book of Mormon says that he was, and the Book of Mormon is true.
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning

Question 10
5 out of 5 points

Pope John Paul II has stated that artificial insemination of women is immoral. We can only conclude that this practice is indeed immoral.
Answer Selected Answer:

Authority

Question 11
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If you find yourself paralyzed in bed for a few moments and see little creatures by your bed, you might conclude that you had experienced some kind of UFO alien abduction.
Answer Selected Answer:

Hasty generalization

Question 12
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Molecules are in constant random motion. The Statue of Liberty is composed of molecules. Therefore, the Statue of Liberty is in constant random motion.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 13
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The idea that black people in this country live in poverty is ridiculous. Look at Bill Cosby. He's a millionaire. And so are Denzel Washington and Oprah Winfrey.
Answer Selected Answer:

Hasty generalization

Question 14
5 out of 5 points

Terrorists from the Middle East have crossed our borders and traveled through the country at will. Obviously the Immigration Service has not been doing its job.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 15
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When a car breaks down so often that repairs become pointless, the car is thrown on the junk heap. Similarly, when a person becomes old and diseased, he or she should be mercifully put to death
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False Analogy

Question 16
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During the Gulf war many Americans made immense profits. That is an indisputable fact. Therefore, there can be no doubt that American business interests instigated the war.
Answer Selected Answer:

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Question 17
5 out of 5 points

Raising a child is like growing a tree. Sometimes violent things, such as cutting off branches, have to be done to force the tree to grow straight. Similarly, corporal punishment must sometimes be inflicted on children to force them to develop properly.
Answer Selected Answer:

False analogy

Question 18
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Every member of the Delta Club is over 70 years old. Therefore, the Delta Club must be over 70 years old.

Answer Selected Answer:

Composition

Question 19
5 out of 5 points

No one has ever proved that taking vitamins actually improves a person's health. Therefore, we can conclude that vitamins are simply a waste of money.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ignorance

Question 20
5 out of 5 points

Criminals are basically stupid, because anyone who isn't basically stupid wouldn't be a criminal.
Answer Selected Answer:

Circular reasoning
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Tuba Kalenderoglu Critical Thinking Week 9 Quiz 9/1/12 9:12 PM 9/1/12 10:07 PM Completed 85 out of 100 points 54 minutes out of 2 hours.

This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in Chapter 11. Be sure you are in Chapter 11 when you take the quiz.

Question 1
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If you are opposed to the North American Free Trade Agreement, you are obviously opposed to free trade.
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Composition

Question 2
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John has really worked hard on his term project, and he will really be depressed if he does not make an A. For these reasons, you just have to give him an A on his project.
Answer Selected Answer:

Appeal to pity

Question 3
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I know you are folks are patriotic god-loving citizens, just like me, but my opponent is not. How can you vote for him when he doesnt support the same values that we cherish?
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Appeal to pride

Question 4
5 out of 5 points

You are all intelligent people, so you should be able to see the fallacy in his statement.
Answer Selected Answer:

Appeal to pride

Question 5
5 out of 5 points

Gay and lesbian groups have argued in favor of legislation to prevent their people from being discriminated against. But we must remember that a genetic basis for homosexuality has yet to be discovered. Granted, some studies indicate that homosexuality has a biological origin, but these studies are too limited to be conclusive.

Thus, the safest policy right now is to take no action at all on these questions.
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Red herring

Question 6
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Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris criticizes the Democrats for engaging in partisan politics. What hypocrisy! After the last presidential election it was Harris's own partisan politics that got Bush elected.
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Tu quoque

Question 7
5 out of 5 points

Congress shouldn't bother to consult major universities about educational appropriations. As members of educational establishment, they will naturally want as much money for education as they think they can get.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ad hominem

Question 8
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Professor Andrews, surely I deserve a B in logic. I know that I have gotten F's on all the tests, but if you give me an F for my final grade, I will lose my scholarship. That will

force me to drop out of school, and my poor, aged parents, who yearn to see me graduate, will be grief-stricken for the rest of their lives.
Answer Selected Answer:

Appeal to pity

Question 9
5 out of 5 points

Since Sodium and Chloride are each toxic to humans, the combination of sodium and chloride would be harmful to people.
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Composition

Question 10
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It was his fault, Officer. You can tell by the kind of car I'm driving and by my clothes that I am a good citizen and would not lie. Look at the rattletrap he is driving, and look at how he is dressed. You can't believe anything that a dirty, longhaired hippie like that might tell you. Search his car; he probably has pot in it.
Answer Selected Answer:

Ad hominem

Question 11
5 out of 5 points

Environmentalists are continually harping about the dangers of nuclear power.

Unfortunately, electricity is dangerous no matter where it comes from. Every year hundreds of people are electrocuted by accident. Since most of these accidents are caused by carelessness, they could be avoided if people would just exercise greater caution.
Answer Selected Answer:

Red herring

Question 12
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Child to parent: Your argument that I should stop stealing candy from the corner store is no good. You told me yourself just a week ago that you, too, stole candy when you were a kid.
Answer Selected Answer:

Tu quoque

Question 13
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If we make an exception for you, then we'll have to make an exception for everyone.
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Slippery Slope

Question 14
5 out of 5 points

Officer, How can you ticket me for speeding, when I see cops speeding all the time?
Answer Selected Answer:

Tu quoque

Question 15
5 out of 5 points

If students play video games, their school work will suffer, and they will not have the ability to succeed in life, ending up in lower paying jobs and needing government programs, which will increase our taxes. So video games will increase our taxes.
Answer Selected Answer:

Slippery Slope

Question 16
5 out of 5 points

Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately, these projects have been tried in the past and have failed. In no time they turn into ghettos with astronomical rates of crime and delinquency. Chicago's Cabrini-Green is a prime example. Clearly, these humanitarian arguments are not what they seem.
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Straw man

Question 17
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Interviewer: "Senator, you voted for the B-1 bomber. Would you explain your reasons, particularly in light of criticisms about the effectiveness of the plane?" Senator: "I'd be glad to. America needs a strong defense. We'd all like to live in peace

with the other nations of this world, but we deceive ourselves if we think we can do that without being prepared to defend ourselves and our allies, our rights and our interests. It's a dangerous world out there, and I'd be derelict in my duty to the people of this nation if I allowed us to lie down and cry 'Uncle."'
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Ignoring the question

Question 18
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Reporter: Congressman, What do you have to say about the reports on your campaign's questionable fund raising activities? Congressman: I am very humbled and grateful to the generosity of my supporters, and I will continue to do my utmost to represent our district's interests and concerns in Washington.
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Red herring

Question 19
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There is a good deal of talk these days about the need to eliminate pesticides from our fruits and vegetables. But many of these foods are essential to our health. Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, broccoli is rich in iron, and oranges and grapefruits have lots of vitamin C.
Answer

Selected Answer:

Red herring

Question 20
5 out of 5 points

Dr. Jones, this seminar was the best course I have had. I wondered if we could discuss my grades?
Answer Selected Answer:

Appeal to pride

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