HW passage analysis----Fallacies

Countries that harbor terrorists who want to destroy the United States must be considered friends---not enemies---of the United States. My opponents who have relatives working for the CIA not surprisingly disagree with me. What do you expect from people whose personal ties make them lazy, sloppy thinkers? Also, it seems to me that once you label countries that disagree with America on policy as enemies, then eventually almost all countries will be considered our enemies, and we will be left with no allies. In addition, how can my opponents really think that most religious people are in favor of war, especially when a Gallup poll found that 75% of highly religious people didn't think we should go to war with countries harboring terrorists? Finally, the biggest problem with a tough stand against countries that harbor terrorists is that such a policy is not going to wipe out terrorism in the world.

1. The following is the argument's issue---"But, do my opponents really think that most religious people are in favor of war, especially when a Gallup poll found that 75% of highly religious people didn't think we should go to war with countries harboring terrorists?

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

2. The argument's issue type is hybrid

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

3. The following statement from the passage is the conclusion: "My opponents who have relatives working for the CIA not surprisingly disagree with me."

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

4. The following statement is a reason in the argument---" What do you expect from people whose personal ties make them lazy, sloppy thinkers?"

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

5. True or False: The following statement contains slippery slope fallacy: "Also, it seems to me that once you start labeling countries that disagree with America on policy as enemies, then eventually almost all countries will be considered our enemies, and we will be left with no allies."

a. True

b. False

Answer: _____

6.

Take this section from the passage: "My opponents who have relatives working for the CIA not surprisingly disagree with me. What do you expect from people whose personal ties make them lazy, sloppy thinkers?" This section contains which of the following fallacies:

a.

Personal attack (ad hominem)

b.

Slippery slope

c.

Either/or (false dilemma)

d.

None of the above

Answer: _____

7.

Assume the following statement is a reason in the argument's reasoning structure: "Also, it seems to be that once you start labeling countries that disagree with America on policy as enemies, then eventually almost all countries will be considered our enemies, and we will be left with no allies." Which of the following statements is a bad assumption (a fallacy) attached to this reason?

a.

There is a relationship between countries and friendship.

b.

There is a relationship between labeling something a particular way and that something actually becoming the thing labeled.

c.

There is a relationship between America and all other countries

d.

None of the above

Answer: _____

8.

Take the statements from the passage: "But, do my opponents really think that most religious people are in favor of war, especially when a Gallup poll found that 75% of highly religious people didn't think we should go to war with countries harboring terrorists?" The statements are an example of...

a.

straw argument

b.

False dilemma (either/or)

c.

red herring

d.

None of the above

Answer: _____

9.

Take the statement from the passage: "The biggest problem with a tough stand against countries that harbor terrorists is that such a policy is not going to wipe out terrorism in the world." This statement is an example of...

a.

Straw person

b.

Begging the question

c.

Glittering generality

d.

Searching for perfect solutions

Answer: _____

10.

Take the statement from the passage: "The biggest problem with a tough stand

against countries that harbor terrorists is that such a policy is not going to wipe out terrorism in the world." This statement is an example of...

a.

Straw person

b.

Begging the question

c.

Glittering generality

d.

Searching for perfect solutions

Answer________