INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Tom is a bit of a dunce when it comes to mathematics, and he hasn't studied a bit for the next test. Therefore, he probably won't do very well on that test
A) No fallacy.
B) Slippery slope.
C) False cause.
D) Appeal to unqualified authority.
E) Argument against the person, abusive.
A
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The ignorant man:
a. lives without knowledge of himself. b. lives without knowledge of God. c. lives without knowledge of the nature of things. d. all of these choices. e. none of these choices.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Non-Christian writers of the first century often refer to Jesus, but not in a religious context. 2. Scholars generally agree on a methodology for assessing traditions in the effort to find Jesus' authentic voice, but they have reached very different conclusions. 3. Although it was a minority opinion at the time he wrote, Paul's concept of Jesus has influenced virtually every interpretation of Jesus' life since. 4. The Evangelists place great emphasis on Jesus' human status, pointing out that he is like other men and all can aspire to be like him. 5. Most scholars believe that the Gospels of Mark, Thomas, Matthew, and Luke contain many authentic traditions about Jesus' words and deeds.
In John's Gospel, unlike in the Synoptics, Jesus' ministry lasted approximately
A. three years. B. one year. C. two years. D. four years.
INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement. You must determine how the new statement is related to the given statement and determine the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. Some non-A are B. (T) Some non-A are not non-B
A) Subcontrary. (F) B) Contraposition. (Und.) C) Contradictory. (F) D) Subcontrary. (Und.) E) Obversion. (T)