What is a parable?

A. the same as a fairy tale
B. an allegorical story for adults
C. a concept from mathematics, describing a curve
D. a story with two parallel endings


B. an allegorical story for adults

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A. relied upon Gentile churches for financial help. B. sold their possessions to distribute money and goods according to each member's needs. C. neither relied upon Gentile churches for financial help nor sold their possessions to distribute money and goods according to each member's needs. D. both relied upon Gentile churches for financial help and sold their possessions to distribute money and goods according to each member's needs.

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"A performance by a skillful violinist is beautiful" could serve as a premise for

A) a moral conclusion in a moral argument. B) a legal conclusion in a legal argument. C) an aesthetic conclusion in an aesthetic argument.

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Even though there are some facts about me I cannot change, Sartre says that I still have freedom over them in that

a. God can change them for me. b. I can stoically accept them. c. they are not part of my true essence. d. I can decide what meaning they have for me.

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In the red herring fallacy, a key word is used in two or more senses in the same argument and the apparent success of the argument depends on the shift in meaning.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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