Quiz on Everyday Writer, chapter 9

English 103 / Fall 2003 / Bill Stobb

1.  How are World War II military training methods similar to video game violence?

2.  Ricker uses a source to show that dopamine is a powerful chemical stimulant, associated with addictive behaviors.  In what popular magazine was that source published?

3.  In what year did psychological researchers Elizabeth and Geoffrey Loftus publish their groundbreaking book on the psychological effects of video games?

4.  Would the following claim be a successful thesis statement?  Why or why not? 

     Claim: "Industrial chemicals have a wide variety of uses."

Name the argumentative fallacy at work in the following statements.  Explain your answer if you like (2 points each).

5.  "Conservative ideology is nothing more than the ranting of militaristic whackos like Charleton Heston, and self-righteous drug addicts, like Rush Limbaugh."

6.  "The Iraq War is our next Vietnam."

7.  "If we put up a monument to the Ten Commandments, then we have to put up a monument to every other religion, as well."