Question 1
pts
Politician: “We either decide to keep the handgun laws in the city limits and maintain peace, or we
revoke the laws and let the city become a modern day Wild West.”
Straw Man
Hyperbole
Correct!
False Dilemma
No Fallacy
Question 2
pts
“Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device?
Euphemism
Correct!
Weasel Words
Proof Surrogate
Innuendo
Hyperbole
Question 3
pts
“Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device?
Euphemism
Correct!
Weasel Words
Proof Surrogate
Innuendo
Hyperbole
, Question 4
pts
God must exist for there can be no other explanation for the order and complexity of the world. Some
say there is no proof, but to me the proof is all around us.
The conclusion of this argument is:
Correct Answer
God exists
There is no other explanation of the order and complexity of the world besides God.
Atheists should repent
You Answered
There is proof of God all around us
The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Extracting Arguments in the Standard Form,” of With Good
Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question 5
pts
A sound argument is __________.
You Answered
a valid argument in which it is impossible to have true premises and a false conclusion
a valid argument with true premises and a false conclusion
an argument in which it is possible to have true premises and a true conclusion
Correct Answer
a valid argument with true premises
all of these
The answer can be found in Section 3.1, “Basic Concepts in Deductive Reasoning,” of With Good Reason:
A Guide to Critical Thinking.
pts
Politician: “We either decide to keep the handgun laws in the city limits and maintain peace, or we
revoke the laws and let the city become a modern day Wild West.”
Straw Man
Hyperbole
Correct!
False Dilemma
No Fallacy
Question 2
pts
“Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device?
Euphemism
Correct!
Weasel Words
Proof Surrogate
Innuendo
Hyperbole
Question 3
pts
“Up to 80% of doctors endorse this project” uses which rhetorical device?
Euphemism
Correct!
Weasel Words
Proof Surrogate
Innuendo
Hyperbole
, Question 4
pts
God must exist for there can be no other explanation for the order and complexity of the world. Some
say there is no proof, but to me the proof is all around us.
The conclusion of this argument is:
Correct Answer
God exists
There is no other explanation of the order and complexity of the world besides God.
Atheists should repent
You Answered
There is proof of God all around us
The answer can be found in Section 2.2, “Extracting Arguments in the Standard Form,” of With Good
Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking.
Question 5
pts
A sound argument is __________.
You Answered
a valid argument in which it is impossible to have true premises and a false conclusion
a valid argument with true premises and a false conclusion
an argument in which it is possible to have true premises and a true conclusion
Correct Answer
a valid argument with true premises
all of these
The answer can be found in Section 3.1, “Basic Concepts in Deductive Reasoning,” of With Good Reason:
A Guide to Critical Thinking.
