1. Just like putting a car in reverse while it is rolling forward will result in

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1. Just like putting a car in reverse while it is rolling forward will result in mechanical breakdown, so then, forcing someone to do what they don't want to do will result in the breakdown of society.

a) hasty conclusion

b) questionable analogy

c) questionable cause

d) no fallacy

2. Sodium chloride (table salt) may be safely eaten. Therefore its constituent elements, sodium and chloride, may be safely eaten.

a) composition

b) questionable analogy

c) questionable cause

d) division

3. Nancy: "The odds of finding a cure for cancer in my lifetime is a million to one!"

a) questionable use of good statistics

b) questionable cause

c) questionable statistics

d) no fallacy

4. All the players on the football team think that we should build a new stadium. I guess that's the way most people at the school feel.

a) questionable cause

b) questionable analogy

c) small sample

d) composition

5. Education cannot prepare men and women for marriage. Trying to educate them for marriage is like trying to get them to swim without allowing them to go into the water. It cannot be done.

a) questionable analogy

b) questionable cause

c) unrepresentative sample

d) no fallacy

Explanation / Answer

1.Correct Answer is Option B)

The statement is an example of questionable fallacy.The analogy of putting reverse gear in a car moving forward leading to its breakdown is not similar to how people function in society.

2.Correct option is D) If salt is safe for eating, then its constituent must be also safe, represent the fallacy of division. It occurs when we reason that if something is true for a whole (NaCl) then it must be true for its parts (Na and Cl) as well.

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