Exercise: Are you familiar with the word, "trenchant?" Provide a definition. If the term is unfamiliar, make a guess about its meaning based on its appearance or sound, and create your own definition. Then look the word up, and find out how close you got. (We provide a thumbnail meaning as answer.)

What will be an ideal response?


Incisive, penetrating.

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The Khalsa are required to shave their heads annually based on a story about Guru Nanak’s

vision.

a. True b. False

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Your sofa may be poisoning you. Its foam padding probably contains flame retardant chemicals called

polybrominated diphenyl ethers. These chemicals have been linked to memory loss and brain damage. Also they may cause cancer and damage the liver. A) Argument; conclusion: Also they may cause cancer and damage the liver. B) Nonargument. C) Argument; conclusion: These chemicals ... brain damage. D) Argument; conclusion: Its foam padding ... polybrominated diphenyl ethers. E) Argument; conclusion: Your sofa may be poisoning you.

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According to Jain teachings, all living beings owe their present form to their own

a. moksha. b. parents. c. ancestors. d. karma.

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Kant denied knowledge to make room for faith

indicate whethet this statement is true or false

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