Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. We can't bomb our way out of nuclear proliferation. But in a world in which nuclear weapons are the badge of
real nations, no self-respecting superpower is going to disarm unilaterally, and every nonnuclear state will want a seat at the table. The only way to escape this deadly cycle is for the nuclear powers to step up and lead negotiations for an international agreement abolishing nuclear weapons. Chris Cooper, Letter to the Editor
A) Argument; conclusion: We can't bomb our way out of nuclear proliferation.
B) Argument; conclusion: The only way to escape ... abolishing nuclear weapons.
C) Argument; conclusion: But in a world ... disarm unilaterally.
D) Nonargument.
E) Argument; conclusion: Every nonnuclear state will want a seat at the table.
B
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A) Inductive, weak. B) Deductive, sound. C) Deductive, valid. D) Deductive, invalid. E) Inductive, strong.
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. Mordechai b. Herod c. Ezra d. Hezekiah
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