INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each question. Which fallacy occurs when a general rule is applied to a specific case that the rule was not intended to cover?

A) Hasty generalization.

B) Tu quoque (you, too).

C) Composition.

D) Accident.

E) Division.


D

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