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Directions: Evaluate the reasoning contained in the brief statements, and select the best answer. Do not make implausible, superfluous, or incompatible assumptions. Select the best answer to each question, and mark the corresponding space on the answer sheet.

7.

All quiet people are harmless
No harmless people are easily identified
The premises above lead to which of the following conclusions?

A Quiet people are not easily identified.
B Most people who are easily identified are harmless.
C No harmless people are quiet.
D Some easily identified people are quiet.
EAll quiet people are easily identified.

8. I don't believe that ambitious people are good parents. Of course, there are some parents. Of course, there are some parents who have successful careers and well-raised children. But these parents are not really ambitious. Were they ambitious, they could not devote the necessary time and energy to raising their children well.

Which of the following best explains the flawed reasoning in the author's argument?
A It relies on a word with two different meanings.
B It bases an absolute conclusion upon relative evidence.
C It assumes the conclusion.
D It generalizes from inappropriate specifics.
E It depends on a false analogy.

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Correct answers:

7: A (Celarent: EAE-1)

8: C (petitio principii)