PHIL 447 PRACTICE FINAL EXAM 2
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027
Non Sequitur -CORRECT ANSWERS- I did well in school because I always wore nice clothes.
Slippery Slope -CORRECT ANSWERS- If we allow one fast food restaurant to open, others will follow, and
then more people will be in the area, including criminals who will make our neighborhood unsafe.
Straw man -CORRECT ANSWERS- Senator Jones ways that we should not fund the attack submarine
program. I disagree entirely. I can't understand why he wants to leave us defenseless like that.
Equivocation -CORRECT ANSWERS- His Lordship, upon being informed that a lady, lately divorced ill
probably be married soon to the Earl of Upper Orange, said it was about time she was upper Orange, for
she had been under Orange long enough.
Amphiboly -CORRECT ANSWERS- Many Americans were outraged when the President had a woman for
dinner who wasn't his wife.
Slippery Slope -CORRECT ANSWERS- We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know,
they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!
Two wrongs don't make a right -CORRECT ANSWERS- Bill has borrowed Jane's expensive pen, but didn't
return it. He tells himself that it is okay to keep it, since she would have taken his.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc -CORRECT ANSWERS- The picture on Jim's old TV set goes out of focus. Jim
goes over and strikes the TV soundly on the side and the picture goes back into focus. Jim tells his friend
that hitting the TV fixed it.
Bandwagon -CORRECT ANSWERS- Jill and Jane have some concerns that the rules their sorority has set
are racist in character. Since Jill is a decent person, she brings her concerns up in the next meeting. The
president of the sorority assures her that there is nothing wrong with the rules, since the majority of the
sisters like them.
, False dichotomy -CORRECT ANSWERS- Look you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you
decide that you can afford this stereo or you decide you are going to do without music for awhile.
Divisiont-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tthetfortunestoftthetFederaliststdeclinedtaftert1800.tJohntDennietwastatFederalist.tthetfortunestoftJohntDen
nietshouldthavetdeclinedtaftert1800.
Postthoc,tergotpropterthoct-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tMosttrapiststreadtpornographytwhenttheytweretteenagers;tobviously,tpornographytcausestviolencettowar
dtwomen.
Guilttbytassociationt-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tJen:t"ItwastreadingtovertsometprivatetstudiestoftwelfaretandtItthinktittwouldtbetbetterttothavetpeopletworktf
orttheirtwelfare.
Sandy:t"Itsee.tSo,tyoutwantttothavetpoortpeopletouttontthetstreetstpickingtupttrashtfortchecks?"tWell,tyoutkn
owtthattistexactlytthetpositiontDavidtCounttendorses."
Jen:t"Who'sthe?"
Sandy:t"tI'mtsurprisedtyoutdon'ttknowthim,tseeingthowtaliketyouttwotare.tHetwastatGrandtMookytWizardtfort
thetAryantPuretWhitetLeaguetandtistwelltknowntforthisthatredtoftblackstandtothertminorities.tWithtyourtvie
ws,tyou'dtfittrighttintwiththistracisttclub."
Jen:t"So,tItshouldtrejecttmytviewtjusttbecausetItsharetittwithtsometracist?"
Sandy:t"yes"
RedtHerringt-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tItthinkttheretistgreattmerittintmakingtthetrequirementststrictertfortthetgraduatetstudents.tItrecommendttha
ttyoutsupporttit,ttoo.tAftertall,twetaretintatbudgettcrisistandtwetdotnottwanttourtsalariestaffected.
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATED 2026/2027
Non Sequitur -CORRECT ANSWERS- I did well in school because I always wore nice clothes.
Slippery Slope -CORRECT ANSWERS- If we allow one fast food restaurant to open, others will follow, and
then more people will be in the area, including criminals who will make our neighborhood unsafe.
Straw man -CORRECT ANSWERS- Senator Jones ways that we should not fund the attack submarine
program. I disagree entirely. I can't understand why he wants to leave us defenseless like that.
Equivocation -CORRECT ANSWERS- His Lordship, upon being informed that a lady, lately divorced ill
probably be married soon to the Earl of Upper Orange, said it was about time she was upper Orange, for
she had been under Orange long enough.
Amphiboly -CORRECT ANSWERS- Many Americans were outraged when the President had a woman for
dinner who wasn't his wife.
Slippery Slope -CORRECT ANSWERS- We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know,
they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!
Two wrongs don't make a right -CORRECT ANSWERS- Bill has borrowed Jane's expensive pen, but didn't
return it. He tells himself that it is okay to keep it, since she would have taken his.
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc -CORRECT ANSWERS- The picture on Jim's old TV set goes out of focus. Jim
goes over and strikes the TV soundly on the side and the picture goes back into focus. Jim tells his friend
that hitting the TV fixed it.
Bandwagon -CORRECT ANSWERS- Jill and Jane have some concerns that the rules their sorority has set
are racist in character. Since Jill is a decent person, she brings her concerns up in the next meeting. The
president of the sorority assures her that there is nothing wrong with the rules, since the majority of the
sisters like them.
, False dichotomy -CORRECT ANSWERS- Look you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you
decide that you can afford this stereo or you decide you are going to do without music for awhile.
Divisiont-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tthetfortunestoftthetFederaliststdeclinedtaftert1800.tJohntDennietwastatFederalist.tthetfortunestoftJohntDen
nietshouldthavetdeclinedtaftert1800.
Postthoc,tergotpropterthoct-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tMosttrapiststreadtpornographytwhenttheytweretteenagers;tobviously,tpornographytcausestviolencettowar
dtwomen.
Guilttbytassociationt-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tJen:t"ItwastreadingtovertsometprivatetstudiestoftwelfaretandtItthinktittwouldtbetbetterttothavetpeopletworktf
orttheirtwelfare.
Sandy:t"Itsee.tSo,tyoutwantttothavetpoortpeopletouttontthetstreetstpickingtupttrashtfortchecks?"tWell,tyoutkn
owtthattistexactlytthetpositiontDavidtCounttendorses."
Jen:t"Who'sthe?"
Sandy:t"tI'mtsurprisedtyoutdon'ttknowthim,tseeingthowtaliketyouttwotare.tHetwastatGrandtMookytWizardtfort
thetAryantPuretWhitetLeaguetandtistwelltknowntforthisthatredtoftblackstandtothertminorities.tWithtyourtvie
ws,tyou'dtfittrighttintwiththistracisttclub."
Jen:t"So,tItshouldtrejecttmytviewtjusttbecausetItsharetittwithtsometracist?"
Sandy:t"yes"
RedtHerringt-CORRECTtANSWERS-
tItthinkttheretistgreattmerittintmakingtthetrequirementststrictertfortthetgraduatetstudents.tItrecommendttha
ttyoutsupporttit,ttoo.tAftertall,twetaretintatbudgettcrisistandtwetdotnottwanttourtsalariestaffected.
