QUESTION 33 20% of the women attending Piedmont college are red heads. Since Cha
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QUESTION 33
20% of the women attending Piedmont college are red heads. Since Charlotte attends Piedmont College, it follows that 20% of her is a red head.
Hasty generalization
Division
Amphiboly
Composition
Accident
10 points
QUESTION 34
A few days after Margi joined the Democratic party she broke her foot and lost her job. Therefore, it's important that you never join upwith the Democrats.
Slippery slope
False cause
Appeal to the people
No fallacy
Hasty generalization
10 points
QUESTION 35
A spokesman for the government has argued that our insistence on a 12% pay increase for steel workers is inflationary. But the government's own actions are far more inflationary than ours. The government just gave a 15% increase to every single employee of the giant federal bureacracy.
Tu quoque
Ad hominem, circumstantial
Appeal to ignorance
Straw man
Hasty generalization
10 points
QUESTION 36
During the past 2000 years, no human being has ever set foot on Mars. Therefore, it is unlikely that any human being will set foot on Mard during the next 2000 years.
Accident
Suppressed evidence
Hasty generalization
Composition
Appeal to ignorance
Hasty generalization
Division
Amphiboly
Composition
Accident
Explanation / Answer
33. The correct answer is Option B. This example illustrates the fallacy of division.
34. The correct answer is Option B. This example illustrates the fallacy of false cause.
35. The correct answer is Option A. This example illustrates the fallacy of tu quoque.
36. The correct answer is Option D. This example illustrates the fallacy of hasty generalisation.