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Art of reasoning

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.
Select the particular affirmative statement
a)
Some communications are vocational
b)
No vocation is merely about secular activity
c)
Some vocations are not to the conjugal life
d)
All vocations are death-defying
2.
Some sacrificial choices are not hedonistic
All vocations require sacrificial choices
No vocation is hedonistic
In the reasoning above...
a)
The syllogistic formula is wrong
b)
The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong
3.
Given the 2 premises below, select the quantifier of the conclusion:
No vocation is homogeneous
All marriages are vocational
a)
Universal affirmative
b)
Universal negative
c)
Particular affirmative
d)
Particular negative
4.
Given the 2 premises below, select the quantifier of the conclusion:
All humans are 'called'
Some animals are not human
a)
Universal affirmative
b)
Universal negative
c)
Particular affirmative
d)
Particular negative
5.
Select the quantifier of the missing premise:
B/c...
& b/c All humans are called
Thus, no human is the source of his vocation
a)
Universal affirmative
b)
Universal negative
c)
Particular affirmative
d)
Particular negative
6.
Select the quantifier of the missing premise:
B/c no vocation is merely occupational
& b/c ...
Thus, no human is called to a mere occupation
a)
Universal affirmative
b)
Universal negative
c)
Particular affirmative
d)
Particular negative
7.
Given the conclusion below, select the right minor premise:
"Thus, Some people are not called to the religious life."
a)
All people have a vocation
b)
Some people are called to the religious life
c)
Some vocations are not to the religious life
d)
Some vocations to the religious life are not from God
8.
All communications are vocational
No vocation is homogeneous
No communication is homogeneous
In the reasoning above...
a)
The syllogistic formula is wrong
b)
The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong
9.
A false conclusion may follow an invalid reasoning
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
10.
A false conclusion may follow a valid reasoning
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
A true conclusion may have an invalid quantifier
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
12.
The quantifier of the conclusion is always invalid when two premises are false
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
13.
"There are vocations because God calls."
What type of cause is used here?
a)
Material cause
b)
Efficient cause
c)
Formal cause
d)
Final cause
14.
"Vocations are for love."
What type of cause is used here?
a)
Material cause
b)
Efficient cause
c)
Formal cause
d)
Final cause
15.
"A vocation is a type of communication."
What type of cause is used here?
a)
Material cause
b)
Efficient cause
c)
Formal cause
d)
Final cause
16.
"A syllogism is made of 2 premises and a conclusion."
What type of cause is used here?
a)
Material cause
b)
Efficient cause
c)
Formal cause
d)
Final cause
17.
"A premise is a type of statement."
What type of cause is used here?
a)
Material cause
b)
Efficient cause
c)
Formal cause
d)
Final cause
18.
A true conclusion may follow an invalid reasoning
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
19.
Select the universal affirmative statement
a)
Some communications are vocational
b)
No vocation is merely about secular activity
c)
Some vocations are not to the conjugal life
d)
All vocations are death-defying
20.
Given the conclusion below, select the right major premise:
"Thus, Some people are not called to the religious life."
a)
All people have a vocation
b)
Some people are called to the religious life
c)
Some vocations are not calls to the religious life
d)
Some vocations to the religious life are not from God
21.

The middle-term of the enthymeme below is:

As Albert Einstein proved once & for all, it is impossible both to travel faster than light & to reach any other galaxy during a lifetime without traveling faster than the speed of light. Thus, it becomes obvious that it will remain absolutely impossible for any human being to reach another galaxy in a lifetime.

a)

It is impossible to travel faster than light.

b)

It will remain absolutely impossible for any human being to reach another galaxy in a lifetime.

c)

It is impossible to reach any other galaxy during a lifetime.

d)

Albert Einstein proved once & for all.

22.

The middle-term of the enthymeme below is:

A mammal is a vertebrate animal that nurses its offspring. Thus, cats & dogs are mammals.

a)

A vertebrate animal

b)

Cats & dogs

c)

A mammal

d)

A vertebrate animal that nurses its offspring

23.

The middle-term of the enthymeme below is:

It is usually easy to decide whether something is alive. This is because all living things share the capacity to extract energy from nutrients.

a)

The capacity to extract energy from nutrients

b)

It is usually easy to decide

c)

Something is alive

d)

All living things

24.

Since all Boy Scouts are Christians, all Christians know how to tie square knots and that’s because all Boy Scouts know how to tie square knots.

In the reasoning above... (If needed, combine several right options)

a)

The syllogistic formula is wrong

b)

The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong

c)

A premise is false (in a Christian worldview)

d)

Nothing is wrong

25.

If all vocations are eschatological and if all vocations are also ecclesial, thus, all eschatological things are also ecclesial.

In the reasoning above... (If needed, combine several right options)

a)

The syllogistic formula is wrong

b)

The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong

c)

A premise is false (in a Christian worldview)

d)

Nothing is wrong

26.

All married people have children, and you have children, thus, you are married.

In the reasoning above... (If needed, combine several right options)

a)

The syllogistic formula is wrong

b)

The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong

c)

A premise is false (in a Christian worldview)

d)

Nothing is wrong

27.

Vocations imply that there is God

There are vocations

Therefore, there is God

In the reasoning above... (If needed, combine several right options)

a)

The syllogistic formula is wrong

b)

The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong

c)

A premise is false (in a Christian worldview)

d)

Nothing is wrong

28.

All vocations are heterogeneous

Jobs are not vocations

Therefore, vocations are not jobs

In the reasoning above... (If needed, combine several right options)

a)

The syllogistic formula is wrong

b)

The quantifier of the conclusion is wrong

c)

A premise is false (in a Christian worldview)

d)

Nothing is wrong

29.

What is true is always rational

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

What is logical is always true

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE