1. Radio talk show host Michael Savage: \"80% of Americans areagainst the Democrats' health care reform bill.\"
a) questionable use of good statistics
b) questionable statistics
c) unrepresentative sample
d) false charge of fallacy
2. John: Republicans are always clamoring for smallergovernment. They apparently believe that we need less regulation onbusinesses.
Anne: That's a straw man argument.
a) Anne is making a false charge of fallacy
b) Anne is making a correct charge of fallacy
3. Every time in the past that I have eaten garlic I have gottenindigestion. Thus, eating garlic will likely give me indigestion inthe future.
This is an example of:
a) a conductive argument
b) a deductive argument
c) an inductive argument
d) composition
4. Jim and Jerry both like to watch baseball, football, andsoccer. Jim also likes to watch basketball. Thus Jerry will alsoprobably like to watch basketball.
This is an example of a ________
a) strong illustrative analogy
b) strong demonstrative analogy
c) weak illustrative analogy
d) weak demonstrative analogy
5. From the movie, \"12 Angry Men\":
Juror A: 'You a Yankee fan?'
Juror B: 'No, Baltimore.'
Juror A: 'Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with acrow bar once a day.'
This is an example of a(n) ________
a) illustrative analogy
b) demonstrative analogy
c) questionable cause
d) correct charge of fallacy