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Chapter 1: Problem 15
Which of the following is NOT a semantic pair? A. chaos/order B. fact/fiction C. sitting/standing D. light/darkness E. virtue/vice
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In the eighteenth century, the execution of a pregnant woman sentenced to death for a crime would be delayed if the A. woman was in an early stage of pregnancy. B. woman had minor children wholly dependent upon her. C. legal father of the unborn child requested a delay. D. woman was in the sixth month of her pregnancy. E. unborn child had begun to move.
Which one of the following arguments can be used to support one of the most used reasons for children's retention of the father's name-preservation of the parent-child relationship? A. Either parent will maintain contact regardless of the child's last name. B. A system capable of dealing with name changes of divorced mothers ought to be able to deal as well with children's name changes. C. A bureaucratic convenience should not be set above preserving the parent- child relationship. D. A father is less likely to maintain contact with a child whose name differs from his own. E. A mother is less likely to maintain contact with a child whose name differs from her own.
Suppose the magician starts with the four different animals on the table, and after the magician performs one trick, the rabbit is gone. Which of the following animals could be left? A. Gerbil, gerbil, snake B. Dove, snake, snake C. Dove, snake, gerbil D. Gerbil, gerbil, dove E. Dove, gerbil, dove
A series of studies showed that the people of Denmark and the people of Greenland have vastly different rates of cancer. The reason for this difference is that Greenlanders eat large amounts of cold-water fish, while Danes rarely do. These fish contain a polyunsaturated fatty acid thought to inhibit cancers. Therefore, if the Danes were to eat more cold-water fish, they would reduce their risk for cancer. All of the following statements, if true, would strengthen the above conclusion EXCEPT: A. Greenlanders who ate cold-water fish sparingly had cancer rates nearly the same as the Danes. B. Per capita, Danes and Greenlanders use tobacco with equal frequency.
The author reviews the abortion laws of the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century in order to A. call attention to the errors of the past. B. prove that a woman's right to an abortion is protected by the Ninth Amendment. C. show that the laws protecting the life of the fetus have no long legal precedent. D. suggest that a woman's claim to abortion rights arose only in the twentieth century. E. contrast the laws of Connecticut with those of New York.
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