25 mutiple choice open book

a) 

Ask a question.

b) 

Hide what you think to avoid making others uncomfortable.

c) 

State your disagreement in the boldest possible terms.

d) 

Decide not to participate in the discussion at all.

a) 

One argues as forcefully as one can for one’s own position, and let’s everyone else worry about alternative views.

b) 

One not only states one’s position, but considers alternative views on the subject of discussion.

c) 

The discussion must take place inside a schoolroom in order to be in keeping with the rules.

d) 

One concentrates on showing why no one knows what they are talking about.

a) 

A criticism of the views of others.

b) 

The presentation of an argument.

c) 

A short biographical note about the author.

d) 

A statement of your thesis.

a) 

A criticism of the views of others.

b) 

A statement of your thesis.

c) 

A statement of why the course for which the paper is being written is of interest to you.

d) 

A consideration of possible objections to your thesis.

a) 

Convince the reader that your claims should be accepted even though you can’t quite provide convincing evidence.

b) 

Show why your conclusion is well-supported by the evidence.

c) 

Get the reader to agree with you by appealing to the reader’s values.

d) 

Show why your conclusion shouldn’t even be open for discussion.

a) 

A verbal dispute between persons.

b) 

A series of statements which provide both a claim and the evidence used to support it.

c) 

An unstructured way of writing to get the reader to endorse your point.

d) 

There are no arguments in logic.

a) 

A premise.

b) 

‘Exhibit A’.

c) 

The conclusion.

d) 

A question.

a) 

Any number of conclusions as long as there is at least one.

b) 

The two possible conclusions one can draw from the evidence.

c) 

One and only one premise.

d) 

At least one premise.

a) 

A balance sheet drawn up to express the pros and cons of an argument.

b) 

Any sentence in any language.

c) 

Something that you would take an oath to support.

d) 

A sentence that makes a claim that is either true or false.

a) 

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher.

b) 

Socrates wasn’t an ancient Greek philosopher.

c) 

Which of the following is not a statement?

d) 

Logic is confusing.

a) 

Every statement is just a matter of opinion.

b) 

Some statements are matters of opinion, and therefore without truth-values.

c) 

Each and every statement must have one and only one truth-value.

d) 

Some statements have more than one truth value, depending upon what you believe.

a) 

An argument which, if successful, demonstrates the necessity of its conclusion.

b) 

Any argument based upon evidence.

c) 

An argument that uses the method of subtraction to arrive at a true conclusion.

d) 

A logical impossibility.

a) 

An argument that is used to qualify for membership in an organization.

b) 

An argument which, if successful, demonstrates its conclusion to a high degree of probability.

c) 

An argument which fails to justify its conclusion.

d) 

Any good argument in logic.

a) 

The conclusion follows with necessity from the premises, if the premises are true.

b) 

Each of the premises of the argument must be true.

c) 

The conclusion of the argument must be true, no matter what.

d) 

All the components of the argument must be true.

a) 

Validity comes in degrees whereas strength does not.

b) 

Both validity and strength can be of different degrees.

c) 

Neither validity nor strength can come in degrees.

d) 

Strength can come in degrees whereas validity does not.

a) 

An argument from authority.

b) 

An argument from analogy.

c) 

An argument from definition.

d) 

These three above are all inductive arguments.

a) 

A prediction.

b) 

A causal argument.

c) 

A generalization.

d) 

None of these arguments can prove the necessity of its conclusion.

a) 

An attack on the person making the argument is substituted for an analysis of the argument itself.

b) 

An attack on the argument made by the person is swift and to the point.

c) 

The person making the argument is agreed with.

d) 

One refuses to discuss the person making the argument.

a) 

The argument that is proposed is carefully evaluated.

b) 

The argument that is proposed is shown to be flawed.

c) 

The argument that is proposed is ignored and another argument is substituted in its place.

d) 

The argument proposed is shown to be a good one.

a) 

We must act immediately to protect wildlife.

b) 

This is not good.

c) 

All amphibians are frogs.

d) 

All frogs are threatened with extinction.

a) 

If I go to the movies, I’ll buy a soda.

b) 

I must be buying popcorn.

c) 

I don’t know what I’m buying.

d) 

I really am buying a soda.

a) 

I’m going to the movies.

b) 

I’m not going to the movies.

c) 

There is not enough information to draw a valid conclusion.

d) 

I could change my mind about not buying a soda.

a) 

Weak analogy.

b) 

False cause.

c) 

Red Herring.

d) 

Straw Man.

a) 

Socrates.

b) 

Plato.

c) 

Aristotle.

d) 

They all wrote systematic logical treatises.