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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.In Europe, only one nation and those it controls refuse to join the community of freedom. Yet in this age of redoubled economic growth, of information and innovation, the Soviet Union faces a choice: It must make fundamental changes, or it will become obsolete. Today thus represents a moment of hope. We in the West stand ready to cooperate with the East to promote true openness, to break down barriers that separate people, to create a safer, freer world.

A
ad hominem
B
false dilemma
C
hasty generalization
D
bandwagon appeal
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Which quotation from Roosevelt’s request for a declaration of war is an example of a hasty generalization?

A
“I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.”
B
“I interpret the will of the Congress.”
C
“We will gain the inevitable triumph.”
D
“A state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.”
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Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Perhaps this gets to the root of the matter, to the most fundamental distinction of all between East and West. The totalitarian world produces backwardness because it does such violence to the spirit, thwarting the human impulse to create, to enjoy, to worship. The totalitarian world finds even symbols of love and of worship an affront.

A
American historians and educators
B
European trade unionists
C
democratic Germans
D
free markets in the South Pacific
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Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.Today the city thrives in spite of the challenges implicit in the very presence of this wall. What keeps you here? Certainly there's a great deal to be said for your fortitude, for your defiant courage. But I believe there's something deeper, something that involves Berlin's whole look and feel and way of life—not mere sentiment. . . . In a word, I would submit that what keeps you in Berlin is love—love both profound and abiding.

A
logical
B
ethical
C
emotional
D
rational
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Which statement from a city mayor’s speech is an example of hyperbole?

A
Voting in the municipal election is a matter of life and death.
B
The economy prospered after the city signed a trade agreement.
C
The population of our city has doubled in the past 10 years.
D
If you were concerned about the future, you would vote in the election.

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