Consider the following syllogism:

In the following categorical proposition, state whether the subject and predicate are distributed or undistributed:

Some affirmative action plans are programs that result in reverse discrimination.

Based on the Mood & Figure chart below, the following categorical syllogism is valid:

Some

dummies are not allowed in this class.

My

boyfriend is a dummy.

Therefore,

my boyfriend is not allowed in this class.

Please consider the categorical syllogism. Draw a Venn diagram on the blank paper provided (Write your name on the paper and submit your diagram to the instructor at the end of the exam).  Then determine whether the argument is valid or invalid. 

All candy makers (CM) are people who like licorice (L).

Some chocoholics (C) are not candy makers (CM).

Therefore, Some chocoholics (C) are people who like licorice (L).

In the following categorical syllogism, the major term is _____:

No persons who mix fact with fantasy are good witnesses.

Some hypnotized persons are persons who mix fact with fantasy.

Therefore, some hypnotized persons are not good witnesses.

In the following categorical proposition, _____ is the predicate:

All animal-rights activists are individuals motivated by empathy.

In categorical syllogism, Figure refers to ______.

Is the following categorical syllogism valid or invalid?:

Some cases of affirmative action are not measures justified by past discrimination.

No cases of affirmative action are illegal practices.

Therefore, some illegal practices are not measures justified by past discrimination.

All

pranksters are annoying individuals, consequently leprechauns are annoying

individuals, since all leprechauns are pranksters.

The following can be best described as committing ____.

Mr. Flemming’s arguments against the rent-control initiative on the September

ballot should be taken with a grain of salt. As a landlord he would naturally be

expected to oppose the initiative.