PHI103 Week 3 – Quiz
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Question 1
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A fallacy is ____________.
an argument with a false premise
an argument with a false conclusion
an inductively weak argument
a common pattern of reasoning with a high likelihood of leading to a false conclusion
Question 2
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Chapter 8 lists several ways that the media can deliberately mislead us. Which of the following is not one of the ways mentioned in the chapter?
Photo manipulation
Spin
Product placement
Rhetorical devices
It mentions all of these
Question 3
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“I know that my politics are correct. Wikipedia said so.” This argument commits which of the following fallacies?
Appeal to pity
Shifting the burden of proof
Appeal to inadequate authority
Appeal to ignorance
None of these
Question 4
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“I am not going to use personal politics against my opponent, but at least with me you get someone with good family values!” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Weaseler
Euphemism
Hyperbole
Innuendo
No device used
Question 5
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Which of the following contains a proof surrogate?
“The truth of this claim is proven by studies”
“I believe in the existence of aliens”
“Smoking cigarettes can lead to premature lung cancer”
“The current mortgage interest rate hovers between 4% and 5%”
None of these
Question 6
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Person 1: “Professor Smith states that the economy is likely to do well in the next few years.”
Person 2: “I wouldn’t listen to him; he is a terrible teacher.”
In this example, Person 2 is committing which of the following fallacies?
Appeal to fear
Ad hominem
Accident
Slippery slope
None of these
Question 7
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“Pepsi is a billion times better than Coke.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Dysphemism
Proof surrogate
Weaseler
Hyperbole
No device used
Question 8
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Which of the following sources of information is least likely to be distorted by someone with an interest in manipulation?
A weather report on TV
A politician’s campaign speech
A TV advertisement for a product
An attorney’s closing argument for his or her client
None of these
Question 9
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“I refuse to say that my opponent is a drunk.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Hyperbole
Dysphemism
Paralipsis
Weaseler
No device used
Question 10
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“Alien space ships have visited the earth; my friend told me so.” This reasoning commits which of the following fallacies?
Appeal to fear
Hasty generalization
Appeal to inadequate authority
Shifting the burden of proof
None of these
Question 11
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“John’s argument against physician assisted suicide is wrong because he has never had to deal with a loved one dying of a terminal disease.” This is an instance of this kind of fallacy.
Ad hominem
Appeal to popular belief or practice
Appeal to authority
Slippery slope
Question 12
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“She is opposed to universal health care. She must be fine with sick people not being able to get medical treatment.” This statement commits which of the following fallacies?
Accident
Straw man
False dilemma
False cause
None of these
Question 13
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“You can’t say that I shouldn’t eat candy. You eat it too!” This is an example of which of the following fallacies?
Appeal to pity
Equivocation
Biased sample
None of these
Question 14
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“Julie started carrying a rabbit’s foot, and then she won the lottery. I am going to get one too.” This reasoning commits which of the following fallacies?
Ad hominem
False cause
Straw man
Slippery slope
None of these
Question 15
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When the subject or direction or topic of the argument is changed, then we have an instance of which kind of fallacy?
Ad hominem
Appeal to popular belief or practice
Red herring
Straw man
Question 16
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Which one of the following contains a euphemism?
“He is lazy”
“He studies less than the average student”
Correct!
“He is motivationally challenged”
“His GPA is 1.5”
None of these
Question 17
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To accept something as true because a blog said so is to commit which kind of fallacy?
Ad hominem
Appeal to popular belief or practice
Appeal to inadequate authority
Slippery slope
Question 18
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“This product is guaranteed to work, provided, of course, that you are a proper candidate for it.” This statement employs which of the following rhetorical devices?
Weaseler
Euphemism
Proof surrogate
Paralipsis
No device used
Question 19
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“My friend Mike doesn’t like this perfume, so men don’t like this perfume.” This reasoning commits which of the following fallacies?
Hasty generalization
Appeal to pity
False cause
Red herring
None of these
Question 20
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“It’s ok to tell your kids there’s an Easter bunny. People have lied to their kids for hundreds of years.”
This argument commits which of the following fallacies?
Relativist
Subjectivist
Red herring
Appeal to tradition
None of these
Quiz Score: 20 out of 20
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