Chapter 2 Practice Test (Part 2) UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
You argue that I should cut down on my drinking. But you drink much more heavily than I. You
haven't been sober in a year. - CORRECT ANSWERS Tu quoque.
You've got to get rid of those narrow neckties you wear. Narrow ties are completely out of
fashion now, and no one with any class is wearing them. - CORRECT ANSWERS Appeal
to the people.
Professor Howard Brastoff, the famous astrophysicist, has stated that the so-called Jupiter Effect,
the alignment of the nine planets in the solar system, poses no danger for the inhabitants of the
Earth. Furthermore, no scientists disagree with Brastoff. Accordingly we may conclude that the
Jupiter Effect is indeed harmless. - CORRECT ANSWERS No fallacy.
George and Tom are both neurotic and both are seeing psychiatrists. Furthermore, both are
bachelors. It must be the case that most bachelors these days are neurotic. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Hasty generalization.
Ms. Belford thinks that Robert Crenshaw is one of the finest pianists in the country. But no one
with an ounce of sense should take Belford's arguments seriously. That woman has no musical
taste whatever, and some of her recent reviews in the local paper have been utterly ridiculous. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Argument against the person, abusive.
Participants in the recent charity benefit contributed $10,000 to the needy of Baskerville.
Howard Porter was a participant in the benefit. Therefore, Howard Porter contributed $10,000. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Division.
Charlie's computer has crashed twice in the past month, even though it's practically new.
Therefore, Charlie should open the window and throw the computer out onto the street. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Missing the point.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
You argue that I should cut down on my drinking. But you drink much more heavily than I. You
haven't been sober in a year. - CORRECT ANSWERS Tu quoque.
You've got to get rid of those narrow neckties you wear. Narrow ties are completely out of
fashion now, and no one with any class is wearing them. - CORRECT ANSWERS Appeal
to the people.
Professor Howard Brastoff, the famous astrophysicist, has stated that the so-called Jupiter Effect,
the alignment of the nine planets in the solar system, poses no danger for the inhabitants of the
Earth. Furthermore, no scientists disagree with Brastoff. Accordingly we may conclude that the
Jupiter Effect is indeed harmless. - CORRECT ANSWERS No fallacy.
George and Tom are both neurotic and both are seeing psychiatrists. Furthermore, both are
bachelors. It must be the case that most bachelors these days are neurotic. - CORRECT
ANSWERS Hasty generalization.
Ms. Belford thinks that Robert Crenshaw is one of the finest pianists in the country. But no one
with an ounce of sense should take Belford's arguments seriously. That woman has no musical
taste whatever, and some of her recent reviews in the local paper have been utterly ridiculous. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Argument against the person, abusive.
Participants in the recent charity benefit contributed $10,000 to the needy of Baskerville.
Howard Porter was a participant in the benefit. Therefore, Howard Porter contributed $10,000. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Division.
Charlie's computer has crashed twice in the past month, even though it's practically new.
Therefore, Charlie should open the window and throw the computer out onto the street. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Missing the point.
