all multiple choice not sure why it turned them into charts

all multiple choice not sure why it turned them into charts, philosophy/ logic

QUESTION 1

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of presumption that appears in the following passage.

Are you seeing your mistress tonight?

accident

Complex question

Begging the question

QUESTION 2

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of relevance that appears in the following passage.

Mother A: The funding for our kids\' elementary school has been cut. How do they expect our children to compete in the future marketplace when they do not have pencils today? Mother B: Our state should fund the First Five program more, so that children can be better prepared when they enter kindergarten.

The appeal to emotion

The red herring

The straw man

The attack on the person

The appeal to force

Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)

QUESTION 3

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of relevance that appears in the following passage.

Walter has taken the position against the tuition hike, set to take effect this fall. He says it will make it impossible for deserving, but financially strapped students, to go to college. But of course he would say that! He is only a freshman and just doesn\'t want to pay the higher fees.

The appeal to emotion

The red herring

The straw man

The attack on the person

The appeal to force

Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)

QUESTION 4

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of relevance that appears in the following passage.

My philosophy professor told us that we need to practice our logic problems everyday, because practice is the only way we will understand it. But, who is she to say this? She told us that when she was in college she rarely studied.

The appeal to emotion

The red herring

The straw man

The attack on the person

The appeal to force

Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)

QUESTION 5

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of relevance that appears in the following passage.

The chauffeur may have had motive to kill Ms. Olsen, but you know the old saying, \"The butler did it.\" I would look at the butler, Mr. Edmonds, more closely before looking at the driver.

The appeal to emotion

The red herring

The straw man

The attack on the person

The appeal to force

Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)

QUESTION 6

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of relevance that appears in the following passage.

The president of the conservative student group on campus would like to speak, but every time she tries to give a speech on campus, other students shout her down. Nobody can ever get her perspective on the issues if we don\'t allow her an opportunity to express them.

The appeal to emotion

The red herring

The straw man

The attack on the person

The appeal to force

Missing the point (irrelevant conclusion)

QUESTION 7

Instructions: Identify the fallacy of defective induction that appears in the following passage.

I never knew all feminists hate men. I saw a talk sponsored by the Women\'s Studies department, and the woman speaking said all men are sexist pigs. She clearly hates men.

The argument from ignorance

The appeal to inappropriate authority

False cause

Hasty generalization