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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.