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PHIL 109 4/30/24

Total questions: 4

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the middle term in the following syllogism?

All students at MSU are students at an HBCU.

Hakeem is a student at MSU.

Hakeem is a student at and HBCU.

a)

Students at MSU

b)

Students at an HBCU

c)

Hakeem

2.

Given the following conclusion, "All squares are rectangles," and the given premise, "All shapes with four right angles are rectangles," what is the middle term?

a)

Squares

b)

Rectangles

c)

Shapes with four right angles

d)

Cannot identify middle term without both premises.

3.

What is the major term in the following syllogism?

All shapes with four right are rectangles.

All squares have four right angles.

All squares are rectangles.

a)

Shapes with four right angles

b)

Squares

c)

Rectangles

4.

If the following syllogism is invalid, why is it invalid?

No virtuous person mocks other people.

All virtuous people are caring people.

No caring person mocks other people.

a)

Invalid, undistributed middle term

b)

Invalid, illicit minor term

c)

Invalid, illicit major term

d)

Valid