20. "Hard work does not guarantee success, but lack of hard work guarantees that there will be no success." - George Couros

According to the author, George Couros, hard work is not a ... condition for success, but a lack of hard work is a ... condition for no success.

• A. necessary ... necessary
• B. sufficient ... necessary
• C. necessary ... sufficient
• D. sufficient ... sufficient

21. Reporter: "Mr. President, your opponent, Walter Mondale is considerably younger than you. Do you think that with the threat of nuclear war, age should be an issue in this campaign?"

President Reagan: "Not at all. I am not going to exploit my opponent's youth and inexperience."

What fallacy has the former president committed?

• A. begging the question
• B. appeal to pity
• C. red herring
• D. non sequitur

22. "If we legalizeabortion,next thing we knowwe'll be sanctioningthe use of infanticide. And from there,it's only a short step to euthanizingthose we deem social deviants."

What fallacy has the speaker committed?

• A. appeal to pity
• B. ad hominem
• C. straw man
• D. slippery slope

23. "It's appalling to me that those who oppose the death penalty thinkthat the lives of convicted murderers are more important than the lives of their victims. This alone shows that the opponents of capital punishment are wrong."

What fallacy has the speaker committed?

• A. red herring
• B. appeal to popularity
• C. straw man
• D. post hoc

24. "You should drive on the right side of the road because that is the law. And,thelaw is the law."

What fallacy has the speaker committed?

• A. begging the question
• B. false dichotomy
• C. hasty generalization
• D. slippery slope