For the Mapuche, ancestors are malevolent spirits and to be feared

a. True
b. False


ANS: b

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Consider this argument: "Self-determination is not really freedom because whether the cause of an action comes from within the self or outside of it makes no difference. The elements that make up the self are determined by a long history of evolution and are inherited from the past." This argument presupposes that

A) the self does not exist. B) the self is not distinct from the parts that make it up. C) the self is distinct from the parts that make it up. D) self-determination does not mean determination by any fragment of the self's nature but by the self itself.

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How do images of Shiva display his ability to reconcile darkness and light, good and evil, and creation and destruction?

a. He is unmanifested. b. He is depicted with dreadlocks. c. He is depicted along with the body of a demon. d. He is always shown alongside Vishnu and Brahma.

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Which of the following does Dixon argue is the strongest objection to handgun

prohibition?

a. The suggested prohibition of handguns represented a gross violation the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. b. The suggested prohibition of handguns would cause an increase in violent crime by denying peaceful citizens the use of handguns in defending themselves, their families and their property. c. Even a cursory historical analysis of history shows that the first step in tyranny is to disarm the peopleā€”e.g., Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Mussolini. d. Laws against gun ownership are ineffective because criminals do not respect the law.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that all modern sculptures are attention grabbers. Therefore, no modern sculptures are attention grabbers

A) Invalid, illicit conversion. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Valid, no fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit contrary. E) Invalid, existential fallacy.

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