Final exam, Phil 105, Spring 2013-2014. Posted on Monday, June 2, 2014. Due: Tuesday, June 10, Noon. There are 40 questions. Each is worth 2.5 points, for a total of 100 points. Good luck!

I. Questions 1-6: Which of the two speakers in each example provide or give an argument (or arguments) for their belief, view, or position? Answers can be none, one (say who it is), or both.

1.       

larry
: Before we go to Turkey, let’s go to a tanning salon and get a tan.

        laurie
: I don’t think we should. . . . Taning salons can be dangerous. Don’t forget Final Destination !

2.   she: Of course women soldiers shouldn’t be allowed to volunteer themselves or be ordered to serve in combat.

he
: Actually, I don’t think anyone should serve involuntarily in the armed forces and engage in combat against their will.

 
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3.   insurance executive: Insurance is expensive because accident victims hire lawyers to take insurers to court and soak us.

attorney
: Well, we shouldn’t set limits on how much lawyers can extract from insurance companies. What if someone’s medical expenses exceed those limits? We cannot just say tough noogies to these victims.

4.   first citizen: There has been a lot of talk in favor of having police-review boards composed of ordinary citizens who would monitor law enforcement activities. That sounds like a great idea to me. You can’t let a fox guard the chickens from foxes.

      second citizen: I’m sure I would say that the ethics of law enforcers is as important as the ethics of law makers.

5.   terry: You don’t need to spend a lot of money on a home stereo system. If you want to be able to listen to high-quality music, just buy a good car stereo system. They’re just as good as home stereos. All you need is a power converter, and you’re in business.

larry:
Fine, except good car speakers cost more than home speakers; it isn’t exactly cheap to replace your car music system if the car and/or the sound system gets ripped off.

6.   worried university athletics supporter:I’m particularly concerned with the proposed cuts in the university athletic program. If something has to be cut, let’s start with something like dance, basket weaving, and Philosophy 105, instead.

unworried supporter:
Don’t worry. A strong athletic program that includes tennis is excellent publicity and brings in commercial contributions.

II. Questions 7-14: Which item in each of the following sets of claims has the most negative emotive force?

7.  Mrs. Gardner

      a. is a social drinker.

      b. is alcohol-dependent.

      c. is a heavy imbiber.

      d. is usually sloshed.

8.       a.           He had done some unfortunate deeds in his day.

      b. He had on occasion gone astray.

      c. He had broken a few rules.

      d. He had the moral sensitivity of a camel.

9.  a. She occasionally lapsed in her doing her duty toward others.

      b. She didn’t care a whit how her actions would affect others, one way or the other.

      c. She made use of every opportunity to cause a multitude of innocuous misfortunes for others.

  
   d. She was vicious toward others.

10. a. He was a circumspect sort of person.

      b. He was deliberately heedful of his own safety.

      c. He was afraid to take the slightest risk.

      d. He never wanted to break his mother’s back by walking on a crack.

11. When he told others what he thought of them, he was almost always

      a. honest

      b. candid

      c. ruthless

      d. blunt

12. Luigi

      a. tends to be clumsy.

      b. is like a mosquito in a china shop.

  
   c. is a klutz.

      d. is not well coordinated wheh he wakes up.

  

13. That Henry James novel you gave me to read

      a. put me right to sleep.

      b. was a little boring.

      c. wasn’t as intriguing as some other things I’ve read lately.

      d. was way too thick to fit in my narrow pack.

  

14. a. Making intelligent conversation is not Daryll’s forte.

      b. Daryll decends from simple folk, people of the earth.

      c. Daryll is not very clever.

      d. Daryll would lose a debate with a well-sharpened javelin.

III. Questions 15-21: Multiple choice questions.

15. Emotive force refers to a term’s

      a. analytical definition

      b. connotation

      c. literal meaning

      d. negative tone

16. The distinction between they’re and they are is

      a. syntactic

      b. semantic

      c. connotative

      d. none of the above

17. The distinction between its and it is is

      a.   syntactic

      b.   semantic

      c.   connotative

      d.   none of the above      

18.
In order to be sound, an argument must be

     a.
valid and strong

        b. deductive and strong

 
      c. valid and have a true conclusion

   
   d. none of the above

19. The ensemble played an encore at last year’s concert, and I’m pretty sure they played one the year before as well. So they will most likely play an encore at this year’s concert.

      This argument is which type of argument?

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