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Question 1 | | 0 / 1 point |
“Since more than a million dollars are needed to staff a properly run cruise in the Caribbean, it must be that every employee on board makes more than a million dollars on each cruise!” commits the fallacy of | | slippery slope | | | equivocation | | | amphiboly | | | composition | | | division | Question 2 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Man sanctioned over Lewis assault” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 3 | | 1 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Court refused hacker’s extradition appeal” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 4 | | 0 / 1 point |
“Each part of this computer weighs very little. Therefore this computer weighs very little” commits the fallacy of | | slippery slope | | | equivocation | | | amphiboly | | | composition | | | division | Question 5 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “U.S. authorities informed that director Roman Polanski was travelling to Zurich” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 6 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Tiny motors may be big in surgery” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 7 | | 1 / 1 point |
When an argument is affected by ambiguity, it is unclear whether | | its conclusion is supported by its premises. | | | its premises are supported by its conclusion. | | | its premises and conclusion are supported. | Question 8 | | 0 / 1 point |
If an expression is vague, its reference is | | ambiguous. | | | meaningless. | | | indeterminate . | Question 9 | | 1 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Tibet Exiles Elect Scholar” (New York Times headline, 4/27/11) amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 10 | | 0 / 1 point |
“In the present situation, the likelihood is that the tuition fees will
“Since more than a million dollars are needed to staff a properly run cruise in the Caribbean, it must be that every employee on board makes more than a million dollars on each cruise!” commits the fallacy of | | slippery slope | | | equivocation | | | amphiboly | | | composition | | | division | Question 2 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Man sanctioned over Lewis assault” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 3 | | 1 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Court refused hacker’s extradition appeal” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 4 | | 0 / 1 point |
“Each part of this computer weighs very little. Therefore this computer weighs very little” commits the fallacy of | | slippery slope | | | equivocation | | | amphiboly | | | composition | | | division | Question 5 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “U.S. authorities informed that director Roman Polanski was travelling to Zurich” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 6 | | 0 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Tiny motors may be big in surgery” amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 7 | | 1 / 1 point |
When an argument is affected by ambiguity, it is unclear whether | | its conclusion is supported by its premises. | | | its premises are supported by its conclusion. | | | its premises and conclusion are supported. | Question 8 | | 0 / 1 point |
If an expression is vague, its reference is | | ambiguous. | | | meaningless. | | | indeterminate . | Question 9 | | 1 / 1 point |
Is the sentence “Tibet Exiles Elect Scholar” (New York Times headline, 4/27/11) amphibolous? | | It is amphibolous | | | It is not amphibolous | Question 10 | | 0 / 1 point |
“In the present situation, the likelihood is that the tuition fees will