1. in Her Op-Ed Column, Nancy Jackson Accuses Me of Bribing Legislators with Fancy Dinners

1. In her op-ed column, Nancy Jackson accuses me of bribing legislators with fancy dinners and weekends on my houseboat. What she fails to mention is that I work more than seventy hours a week at the office and in dealing with constituents.

a. False Analogy/Invalid Comparison

b. Begging the question

c. Non sequitur

d. False Dilemma

2. Think about your children—how much they love to play outside, how much they enjoy playing in your yard with their friends. Their health and well-being are your first priority. Why expose them to danger on asphalt when you could show them how much you really care with a rubber play mat?

a. Ad hominem

b. Hasty generalization

c. Post hoc or doubtful cause

d. Appeal to Pity

3. After the new CEO was elected, the company plunged into a fiscal crisis. The new CEO must be responsible for the problems we are facing.

a. Post hoc

b. Hasty generalization

c. Ad hominem

d. Non sequitur

4. Why shouldn't you go to Howard University? It was good enough for your father and grandfather.

a. Appeal to Pity

b. Non sequitur

c. Slippery slope

d. Appeal to tradition

5. If we allow for a Starbucks coffee shop in our business district, it'll be the end of independently owned shops in our community.

a. False dilemma

b. False analogy/Invalid Comparison

c. Slippery slope

d. Ad hominem

6. Recently, I saw an ad for Breguet wristwatches in a magazine. The ad featured a photograph of Winston Churchill. Underneath the photo, the caption read, "Sir Winston Churchill was a client of Breguet's." If Churchill wore a Breguet wristwatch, it must be an excellent watch.

a. Appeal to False Authority

b. False analogy/Invalid Comparison

c. Two wrongs make a right

d. Non sequitur

7. In these times of day-care crises, it is becoming increasingly clear that professional women should either stay at home and take care of their children, or they shouldn't have children at all.

a. Slippery slope

b. Two wrongs make a right

c. False dilemma

d. Ad Hominem

8. All of the teenagers that I work with at the restaurant are self-centered, rude, and obsessed with appearance. Kids today have no manners.

a. Post hoc

b. Appeal to False Authority

c. Hasty generalization

d. Slippery slope

9. Frank Sinatra may have been a great interpreter of the American songbook, but now that I know what I do about his private life, I'm not sure I can enjoy listening to his music.

a. Ad hominem

b. Slippery slope

c. Two wrongs make a right

d. Appeal to tradition

10. When we gave Danielle her performance review, we noted that she has been late to work numerous times in the past few months, and that she has missed several important meetings as a result. She replied, "But I always bring donuts in for everyone in the office!"

a. False dilemma

b. Non sequitur

c. Bandwagon argument

d. Appeal to False Authority