Quiz yourself on the terms and concepts you learned in this section!
Questions and Answers
1.
“The earth is motionless at the center of the universe.”
This statement would be plausible to a Medieval audience but is not plausible to a modern audience.
A. 
True
B. 
False
2.
A premise can be plausible to a given audience and still be false.
A. 
True
B. 
False
3.
The persuasive power of an argument is a function of the subjective plausibility of its premises for a given audience, not a function of the actual truth of the premises.
A. 
True
B. 
False
4.
If an argument has false premises, the argument is necessarily a bad one, regardless of the subjective plausibility of the premises for a given audience.
A. 
True
B. 
False
5.
“Cell phone usage is a leading cause of brain cancer”.
Can this statement can be (objectively) true for some audiences but (objectively) false for others?