INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. You have been rather outspoken lately in your criticism of the administration; but I am sure that you will want to keep your mouth shut in the future, because several of those who have been critical in the past have now lost their jobs

A) Tu quoque (you, too).

B) Argument against the person, abusive.

C) Red herring.

D) Complex question.

E) Appeal to force.


E

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