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Identify any fallacy in each of these passages. If no fallacy is committed,
select "no fallacy involved".

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[Q1] Mr. Lee's views on Japanese culture are wrong. This is because his
parents were killed by the Japanese army during World War II and that made him
anti-Japanese all his life.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q2] Every ingredient of this soup is tasty. So this must be a very tasty
soup.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q3] Smoking causes cancer because my father was a smoker and he died of lung
cancer.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q4] Professor Lewis, the world authority on logic, claims that all wives cook
for their husbands. But the fact is that his own wife does not cook for him.
Therefore, his claim is false.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q5] If Catholicism is right, then no women should be allowed to be priests.
Catholicism is wrong. Therefore, some women should be allowed to be priests.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q6] God does not exist because every argument for the existence of God has
been shown to be unsound.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q7] The last three times I have had a cold I took large doses of vitamin C.
On each occasion, the cold cleared up within a few days. So vitamin C helped
me recover from colds.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q8] The union's case for more funding for higher education can be ignored.
For it is put forward by the very people - university staff - who would
benefit from the increased money.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q9] Children become able to solve complex problems and think of physical
objects objectively at the same time that they learn language. Therefore,
these abilities are caused by learning a language.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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[Q10] If cheap things are no good then this cheap watch is no good. But this
watch is actually quite good. So some good things are cheap.

Choose answer No fallacy involved Division Amphiboly Composition Equivocation
Strawman False dilemma Complex question Appeal to ignorance Begging the
question Denying the antecedent Affirming the consequent Ad hominem argument
Appeal to the people Appeal to unreliable authority False cause / Hasty
generalization

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