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Question 1
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit:
Some dogs are mammals
All cats are mammals.
Therefore, some cats are dogs.
| None of these are standard-form categorical propositions. |
| All cats hate dogs. |
| Only cats are selfish. |
| No rats chase cats. |
QUESTION 2
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit:
Some dogs are mammals
All cats are mammals.
Therefore, some cats are dogs.
| Illicit major |
| Exclusive Premises |
| Undistributed Middle |
| Existential Fallacy |
QUESTION 3
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit:
Some dogs are mammals.
No mammals are reptiles.
Therefore, all reptiles are dogs.
| Fallacy of Four Terms |
| Drawing an affirmative conclusion from a negative premise |
| Exclusive Premises |
| Undistributed Middle |
QUESTION 4
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit?
All bats are cats.
All cats are rats.
Therefore, some bat is a rat.
| Existential fallacy |
| Four terms |
| Undistributed middle |
| Exclusive Premises |
QUESTION 5
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit?
No cats are rats.
Some rats are not bats.
Therefore, some bats are not cats.
| Affirmative conclusion from negative premise |
| Existential fallacy |
| Exclusive Premises |
| Illicit major |
QUESTION 6
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit?
All cats are rats.
No bats are hats.
Therefore, no hats are cats.
| Four Terms |
| Existential fallacy |
| Exclusive Premises |
| Illicit minor |
QUESTION 7
What fallacy does the following categorical syllogism commit?
Some mats are cats.
No mats are flats.
Therefore, no flats are cats.
| Illicit major |
| Existential fallacy |
| Four terms |
| Exclusive premises |
QUESTION 8
Which of the following is a correct translation of this sentence into a standard-form categorical proposition?
“Cats don’t chase dogs.”
| Cats are not things that chase dogs. |
| No cats are things that chase dogs. |
| No cats chase dogs. |
| Some cats are things that are dogs. |
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is a correct translation of the following sentence into a standard-form categorical proposition?
“Only fools fall in love.”
| Some fools fall in love. |
| All fools fall in love. |
| All things that fall in love are fools. |
| All fools are things that fall in love. |
QUESTION 10
In the proposition “Some eels are not geniuses,” which term(s) are distributed?
| Eels |
| Neither |
| Both |
| Geniuses |
QUESTION 11
In the proposition “All Tuesdays are Weekdays”, which term(s) are distributed?
| Tuesdays |
| Weekdays |
| Both |
| Neither |
QUESTION 12
Which of the following is true of all standard form categorical syllogisms?
| They have exactly three terms |
| They have exactly two premises |
| Each term appears exactly twice. |
| All of the above. |
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