Throughout the early seventh century, Judah found itself caught in the middle of a conflict between which two empires?
A) Egypt and Assyria
B) Egypt and Greece
C) Assyria and Babylon
D) Babylon and Persia
E) Assyria and the Hittite Empire
A
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A) a conditional B) a biconditional C) a simple proposition
The categorical imperative requires us to:
A. use our reason to decide, in any given situation, which moral duties are more compelling. B. always treat humanity as an end in itself, never as a means only. C. maximize pleasure and minimize pain for the greatest number. D. never treat a person as a means.
I worry that to promote science as all fun and larky and easy is to store up trouble for the future. Real science can be hard (well, challenging to give it a more positive spin) but, like classical literature or playing the violin, worth the struggle. If children are lured into science, or any other worthwhile occupation, by the promise of easy fun, what are they going to do when they finally have to confront the reality? (Richard Dawkins, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder)This passage is made up of a(n) ________ and a(n) ________.
A. argument; conclusion: By promoting science as all fun and larky and easy we may be storing up trouble for the future B. nonargument; explanation C. argument; conclusion: Real science can be hard, but is worth the struggle D. nonargument; report
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a. The U.S. starts wars without provocation. b. Mr. Cheney does not support a plan to invade Iraq. c. The U.S. is starting a war with Iraq without provocation. d. No one understands why the U.S. would start a war without provocation.