INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Bertha argues that vitamins and special food supplements are a waste of money. But only yesterday Bertha was seen in a health food store, and her friends report that she takes vitamins every day. Obviously Bertha's argument is crazy

A) Tu quoque (you, too).

B) No fallacy.

C) Argument against the person, abusive.

D) Appeal to unqualified authority.

E) Weak analogy.


A

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