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Critical Thinking And Informal Logic
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Subject
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logic-and-reasoning
Instructions:
Answer 28 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Why do I make wine the way I do? Because my father - and his father before him made it that way.
An example of Ad Populumn
An example of Appeals to Tradition
Hasty Generalization
Ad Hominem
2. Appealing to the prejudices of the people
Non Sequitur
Begging the Question
Faulty Use of Authority
Ad Populum
3. Status Quo it has always been this way why change it.
Appeal to Tradition
Ad Populum
Non Sequitur
Faulty Use of Authority
4. I am stealing his T.V. - because he stole my watch.
Post Hoc or Doubtful Cause
An example of Begging the Question
Ad Hominem
An example of Two Wrongs dont make a Right
5. Abortion is murder - since killing a baby is murder.
Ad Populum
False Analogy
An example of Begging the Question
An example of Ad Hominem
6. This action opens the door for this action to follow
An example of Begging the Question
Slippery Slope
An example of Ad Hominem
Begging the Question
7. By allowing congress to regulate certain weapons that will cause them to revoke our right to bear arms.
An example of Two Wrongs dont make a Right
Staw Man
An example of Ad Populumn
An example of Slippery Slope
8. An attack on the person rather than the issue of the argument
An example of Straw Man
Appeal to Tradition
Ad Hominem
An example of Post Hoc
9. A black cat crossed my path - because this happened I wrecked my car this afternoon
An example of Post Hoc
Faulty Emotional Appeals
An example of Appeals to Tradition
Non Sequitur
10. If I drive a larger car I will be spending to much on gas - however if I drive a smaller car I am risking my life in an accident
Ad Populum
An example of Post Hoc
An example of a False Dilemma
An example of False use of Authority
11. The arguer infers that because one event follows another event the first event must be the cause of the second.
An example of Ad Populumn
Appeal to Tradition
An example of Post Hoc
Post Hoc or Doubtful Cause
12. An attempt to bolster a claim by citing an expert
An example of Appeals to Tradition
An example of Begging the Question
Faulty Use of Authority
Ad Hominem
13. Pit bulls are gentle - my neighbor has one and it is great with his kids.
An example of Faulty Analogy
An example of Begging the Question
Appeal to Tradition
An example of hasty generalization is...
14. Irrellevant to the argument or draw attention from the issues being argued or conceal another purpose.
Faulty Emotional Appeals
An example of Post Hoc
Slippery Slope
Ad Populum
15. The arguer suggests that only two alternatives exist. Either-or
Ad Hominem
Hasty Generalization
False Dilemma
Two Wrongs make a right
16. Whats the big deal if some settlers killed a few indians? After all - you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs.
An example of Faulty Analogy
Two Wrongs make a right
An example of Ad Populumn
An example of Straw Man
17. Our neighbor couldn't have poisened our cat - he is always telling me how pretty the cat is.
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18. The professors test was extremely unfair. Just ask anyone who took the test.
False Analogy
An example of Ad Populumn
Slippery Slope
Faulty Emotional Appeals
19. A mandatory seat belt law could never be enforced. You cant issue a citation to a dead man.
An example of Slippery Slope
An example of False use of Authority
Ad Hominem
An example of Straw Man
20. An attempt to make a comparison between items or situations that have no discernable link
Hasty Generalization
False Analogy
An example of Ad Hominem
Two Wrongs make a right
21. The movie star Kirk Douglas uses klennex brand so it must be the best.
Post Hoc or Doubtful Cause
False Dilemma
Appeal to Tradition
An example of False use of Authority
22. A diversionary tactic
An example of Appeals to Tradition
An example of False use of Authority
Ad Populum
Two Wrongs make a right
23. This murderer should not be found guilty - he was abused as a child and couldnt help himself.
Post Hoc or Doubtful Cause
An example of Faulty Emotional Appeals
Non Sequitur
An example of Begging the Question
24. There is no reason to listen to the arguments of those who oppose school prayer - they are all athiests.
Faulty Emotional Appeals
An example of Ad Hominem
An example of a False Dilemma
Two Wrongs make a right
25. A judgement made before the facts are in.
An example of hasty generalization is...
Faulty Emotional Appeals
Hasty Generalization
An example of Two Wrongs dont make a Right
26. 'it does not follow' this refers to improper results - such as he hit a home run so they lost the game.
An example of hasty generalization is...
An example of Ad Hominem
Non Sequitur
An example of Straw Man
27. Misdirection - an attack on a view similar to but not the same as the one you opponent holds.
An example of Faulty Emotional Appeals
An example of Post Hoc
An example of Faulty Analogy
Staw Man
28. Writer making the suggestion that the answer to the question at hand has already been proved.
An example of a False Dilemma
An example of Two Wrongs dont make a Right
An example of Slippery Slope
Begging the Question