Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: An alcoholic is someone who is always drunk.

What will be an ideal response?


Too narrow (i.e., binge drinkers)

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Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument."The recent failure of a Drake University student to halt his former girlfriend's plan for an abortion focuses light on a seldom considered situation: While a woman's right to an abortion should not be weakened, the idea of 'fathers' rights' raised in this case should be discussed."-The Daily Iowan

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Possession of which land by Israel is seen as a divine right within the Old Testament?

B. Sinai C. Babylon D. Egypt

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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. Scientists may be on the verge of creating life in a test tube. Recently, scientists have used computers to

synthesize a highly complex loop of DNA. When this loop was inserted into an empty bacterial cell, the cell began to self-replicate. And self-replication is an essential feature of life. A) Argument; conclusion: When this loop was inserted ... began to self-replicate. B) Argument; conclusion: Recently, scientists have used computers ... loop of DNA. C) Nonargument. D) Argument; conclusion: Scientists may be on the verge ... life in a test tube. E) Argument; conclusion: And self-replication is an essential feature of life.

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Thomas' Jesus is portrayed as

A. a savior. B. a human sacrifice given in atonement for sin. C. a Jewish Messiah. D. a teacher.

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