Instruction
I will add a bonus if it is done as soon as possible
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. True, my car may have a few dents but that’s normal wear and tear really. a. ridicule
b. weaseler
c. dysphemism d. euphemism
2. Before any more of my tax dollars go to the military, I’d like answers to some questions, such as why are we spending billions of dollars on weapons programs that don’t work. a. Rhetorical analogy
b. Innuendo
c. Loaded question d. Stereotyping
3. If you want to work your way up from being a host to being a server at The Cheesecake Factory, it’ll take forever.
a. Wasler
b. Hyperbole
c. Loaded question d. Euphemism
4. I might be in favor of national healthcare if it requried all Democrats to get their heads examined.
a. Ridicule
b. c. d.
5. At a. b. c. d.
Weasler Downplayer Dysphemism.
least his wife isn’t rude. Rhetocial Definition Innuendo
Hyperbole Dysphemism
6. Does Sydney still drink like a fish? a. Rhetorical definition
b. Euphemism
c. Downplayer
d. Loaded question
7. It’s fair to say that, compared with most people his age, Mr. Smith is pretty much bald. a. Weasler
b. Downplayer
c. Euphemism
d. Loaded question
87 Philosophy C115
8. Better lock up your whisky before Patrick gets here. Didn’t you know he is Irish? a. Euphemism
b. Dysphemism
c. Stereotype
d. Proof surrogate
9. High-speed rail travel between here and St. Louis is something we should support, unless you can explain to me why we shouldn’t.
a. Argument from pity
b. Wishful Thinking
c. Straw man
d. Misplacing the burden of proof
10. Vote for the new parking garage! If we don’t build it, people will have no place to park. a. False dilemma
b. Ad Hominem
c. Common practice
d. Misplacing the burden of proof
11. Jane complains because she doesn’t like the way I clean. Of course, she wants to be able to eat off the floor.
a. Group Think fallacy
b. False dilemma
c. Straw man
d. Begging the question
12. Honey, you are so understanding. Would you do the dishes this once? a. Straw man
b. Apple Polishing
c. Perfectionist Fallacy d. Poisoning the Well
13. We have been very frugal of late, so it is time to get a new car. a. Apple polishing
b. Argument from Outrage
c. Rationalizing
d. Nationalism
14. Your mom doesn’t even own a cell, and you listen to her when she tells you not to text and drive?
a. Common practice
b. Nationalism
c. Argument from Envy d. Ad hominem
15. How could God have created the world if God didn’t exist. a. False dilemma
b. Begging the question
c. Straw man
d. Argument from pity
Philosophy C115 88
16. Why raise taxes on the richest 3 percent? It would bring in only a fraction of the revenue needed to balance the budget.
a. Perfectionist fallacy
b. Scare T actics
c. Guilt trip
d. Argument from envy
17. I’d better not eat this lemony dessert thing. If I do, there will be no end. Hamburgers, chips, ice cream, chocolates—you name it and I will eat all of it. I will explode.
a. Slippery slope
b. Misplacing the burden of proof
c. Ad Hominem d. Smokescreen
18. The animal rights people shouldn't pick on rodeos. If they'd come out and see the clowns put smiles on the kids’ faces and see horses buck off the cowboys and hear the crowd go ooh and ahh at the bull riding, why, then, they'd change their minds.
a. Perfectionist fallacy
b. Begging the question c. Slippery slope
d. Red herring