INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

2ND LONG QUIZ

NAME: _______________________________ DATE: _________________

SECTION: ____________________________
I – Multiple Choice
______ 1. The argument is considered fallacious because the rightness or wrongness of a claim
should not be affected by the background of the person’s claiming it.
a. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
b. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______ 2. A pharmaceutical company claims that their product is more effective that other
brands through the endorsement of a popular actor. What kind of fallacy is this?
a. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
b. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______3. Juan Dela Cruz who is known to be a corrupt politician paid high rates of
advertisement in the media portraying him as a poor and suffering man just to win
in the National election. What kind of fallacy is this?
a. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
b. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______ 4. “My family is the richest family in town, so whoever mess with me will suffer!” What
kind of fallacy is this?
a. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
b. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______5. Ernest W. Burgess, the noted authority on marriage pronounces that the basic cause
of divorce is marriage. What kind of fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______6. Mary tells her friends that she wants to propose to her boyfriend Jhon. Her friends
are mortified, saying “He’s supposed to propose to you, and not you!” What kind of
fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______ 7. “Killing people is wrong, so the death penalty is wrong.” What kind of fallacy is
this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______8. “If we have all the best players on our team, we will always win.” What kind of
fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______9. “Professional Sports players are paid outrageous salaries, every professional sports
player must be rich.” What kind of fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Fallacy of Division
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Slippery Slope
______10. If you don’t do your homework, you’ll fail the class.
If you fail the class, you won’t graduate from school.
If you don’ graduate, you won’t get into College.
If you don’t attend a good college, you wont get a good job.
If you don’t get a good job, you’ll be poor and homeless.
You don’t want to be poor and homeless, do you?
 What kind of fallacy is this?
a. Appeal to Tradition c. Fallacy of Division
b. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Slippery Slope
______ 11. Biases are not necessarily errors in reasoning, but refer to tendencies or
influences which affect the views of people.
a. Fallacies c. Bias
b. Argument d. Logic
______ 12. A series of statement which provides reason that convinced a reader or a listener
that an opinion is truthful.
a. Fallacies c. Bias
b. Argument d. Logic
______ 13. Your mother is working abroad and you called her for sometime now but she
always seems busy. You start to think that she doesn’t love you anymore. You
concluded without asking the reason of her being busy. What kind of Bias is this?
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 14. Maria a professor in AAA University applied for a sole provider of ballpen in the
same school without thinking what others might say. What kind of Bias is this?
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 15. “I do not agree with this Western practice of placing aged parents in retirement
homes. We Filipinos take care of our family members.”
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 16. “How can I accept his view that there is no God? I’m a Christian!”
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 17. It occurs when people ignore new information that contradicts existing belief.
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 18. A person or group is connected to or has a vested interest in the issue being
discussed.
a. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
b. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 19. Uses a very incisive way of questioning the underlying assumptions of one’s
opponent
a. DIALECTICAL c. EXERCISE OR SKEPTICISM
b. SCIENTIFIC d. . HISTORICAL
______ 20. We ask question for clarification, uses the process of doubting as a form of
thinking
a. DIALECTICAL c. EXERCISE OR SKEPTICISM
b. SCIENTIFIC d. . HISTORICAL
II – Write Agree if the statement is true and Disagree if the statement is false/wrong and
change the word that make the statement false/wrong.
D/ NOT TRUSTING 21. Perceptual Illusion is trusting what you perceive, see, feel or hear.
D/ EXERCISE OR SKEPTICISM 22. In Dialectical method you might agree or disagree and
ask a question after the other person asked you.
________A______ 23. Experiment, observation and testing is done in coming with the truth in
scientific method.
________A______ 24. Logic is the truth based on reasoning and critical thinking.
 ________A______ 25. In Fallacy of Division, it assumes that what is true for the whole is true
for its parts.
III – Write D if the statement is a Deductive reasoning and I if it is Inductive Reasoning.
D 26. A is equal to B.
B is equal to C.
Therefore, A is equal to C.

I 27. I see fireflies in my backyard every summer.

This summer, I will probably see fireflies in my backyard.
D 28. All dolphins are mammals.
All mammals have kidneys.
Therefore, all dolphins have kidneys.
D 29. All numbers ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5.
The number 35 ends with a 5.
Therefore, 35 is divisible by 5.
I 30. Every dog I meet is friendly.
Therefore, most dogs are usually friendly.
IV – 31 – 35. Differentiate Inductive from Deductive Reasoning.
36 – 40. Differentiate Fallacy form Bias.
 INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
2ND LONG QUIZ

NAME: _______________________________ DATE: _________________

SECTION: ____________________________
I – Multiple Choice
______ 1. The argument is considered fallacious because the rightness or wrongness of a claim
should not be affected by the background of the person’s claiming it.
c. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
d. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______ 2. A pharmaceutical company claims that their product is more effective that other
brands through the endorsement of a popular actor. What kind of fallacy is this?
c. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
d. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______3. Juan Dela Cruz who is known to be a corrupt politician paid high rates of
advertisement in the media portraying him as a poor and suffering man just to win
in the National election. What kind of fallacy is this?
c. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
d. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______ 4. “My family is the richest family in town, so whoever mess with me will suffer!” What
kind of fallacy is this?
c. Argumentum Ad Hominem c. Argumentum Ad Baculum
d. Argumentum Ad Mesericordiam d. Argumentum ad Papulum
______5. Ernest W. Burgess, the noted authority on marriage pronounces that the basic cause
of divorce is marriage. What kind of fallacy is this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______6. Mary tells her friends that she wants to propose to her boyfriend Jhon. Her friends
are mortified, saying “He’s supposed to propose to you, and not you!” What kind of
fallacy is this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______ 7. “Killing people is wrong, so the death penalty is wrong.” What kind of fallacy is
this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______8. “If we have all the best players on our team, we will always win.” What kind of
fallacy is this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Begging the Question
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Fallacy of Composition
______9. “Professional Sports players are paid outrageous salaries, every professional sports
player must be rich.” What kind of fallacy is this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Fallacy of Division
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Slippery Slope
______10. If you don’t do your homework, you’ll fail the class.
If you fail the class, you won’t graduate from school.
If you don’ graduate, you won’t get into College.
If you don’t attend a good college, you wont get a good job.
If you don’t get a good job, you’ll be poor and homeless.
You don’t want to be poor and homeless, do you?
 What kind of fallacy is this?
c. Appeal to Tradition c. Fallacy of Division
d. Argumentum Ad Verecundiam d. Slippery Slope
______ 11. Biases are not necessarily errors in reasoning, but refer to tendencies or
influences which affect the views of people.
c. Fallacies c. Bias
d. Argument d. Logic
______ 12. A series of statement which provides reason that convinced a reader or a listener
that an opinion is truthful.
c. Fallacies c. Bias
d. Argument d. Logic
______ 13. Your mother is working abroad and you called her for sometime now but she
always seems busy. You start to think that she doesn’t love you anymore. You
concluded without asking the reason of her being busy. What kind of Bias is this?
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 14. Maria a professor in AAA University applied for a sole provider of ballpen in the
same school without thinking what others might say. What kind of Bias is this?
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 15. “I do not agree with this Western practice of placing aged parents in retirement
homes. We Filipinos take care of our family members.”
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 16. “How can I accept his view that there is no God? I’m a Christian!”
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 17. It occurs when people ignore new information that contradicts existing belief.
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 18. A person or group is connected to or has a vested interest in the issue being
discussed.
c. Correspondence bias or attribution effect c. Confirmation Bias
d. Conflict of Interest d. Cultural bias
______ 19. Uses a very incisive way of questioning the underlying assumptions of one’s
opponent
c. DIALECTICAL c. EXERCISE OR SKEPTICISM
d. SCIENTIFIC d. . HISTORICAL
______ 20. We ask question for clarification, uses the process of doubting as a form of
thinking
c. DIALECTICAL c. EXERCISE OR SKEPTICISM
d. SCIENTIFIC d. . HISTORICAL
II – Write Agree if the statement is true and Disagree if the statement is false/wrong and
change the word that make the statement false/wrong.
______________ 21. Perceptual Illusion is trusting what you perceive, see, feel or hear.
______________ 22. In Dialectical method you might agree or disagree and ask a question
after the other.
______________ 23. Experiment, observation and testing is done in coming with the truth in
scientific method.
______________ 24. Logic is the truth based on reasoning and critical thinking.
 ______________ 25. In Fallacy of Division, it assumes that what is true for the whole is true
for its parts.
III – Write D if the statement is a Deductive reasoning and I if it is Inductive Reasoning.
______26. A is equal to B.
B is equal to C.
Therefore, A is equal to C.

______ 27. I see fireflies in my backyard every summer.

This summer, I will probably see fireflies in my backyard.
______ 28. All dolphins are mammals.
All mammals have kidneys.
Therefore, all dolphins have kidneys.
______ 29. All numbers ending in 0 or 5 are divisible by 5.
The number 35 ends with a 5.
Therefore, 35 is divisible by 5.
______ 30. Every dog I meet is friendly.
Therefore, most dogs are usually friendly.
IV – 31 – 35. Differentiate Inductive from Deductive Reasoning.
36 – 40. Differentiate Fallacy form Bias.