When doing Handout examples the hope is that your skills are improving and you can do multiple examples before reviewing the answer key. Here is the answer key to this week's Handout examples.

1) Conclusion= Dogs make better pets than cats

Premise= Dogs are friendlier than cats

2) Conclusion= Dogs make better pets than cats

Premise= Dogs are friendlier than cats

3) Conclusion= It’s better to have a cat than a dog

Premise= It’s better to have a pet that isn’t needy

Premise= Dogs are needy

4) Conclusion= Cats just are better pets than dogs

Premise= Cats are less needy than dogs

Premise= Cats are cleaner than dogs

Premise= So long as one interacts with them daily, cats are just as friendly as dogs

Premise= Cats are more predictable around children and strangers

5) Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot

Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot

6) Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot

Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot

7) Conclusion= You should get an African Grey parrot

Premise= African Grey parrots talk a lot

8) Conclusion= You should just get fish

Premise= It's easy to take care of fish

9) Conclusion= They got a possum

Premise= They said Harriet picked their pet

10) Conclusion= They’re not planning to get a cat

Premise= If they’re planning to get a cat, they won’t be planning to get a dog

Premise= They are planning to get a dog

11) Conclusion= We should get some mango ice cream

Premise= Mango ice cream is a family tradition

12) Conclusion= You should get mango ice cream

Premise= You've never tried mango ice cream

13) Conclusion= You shouldn't combine mint ice cream and mango ice cream

Premise= No one thinks you should combine mint ice cream and mango ice cream

14) Conclusion= There isn't anything wrong with combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream

Premise= Combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream is not as bad as combining cinnamon ice cream and peanut butter ice cream

15) Conclusion= There isn't anything wrong with combining cinnamon ice cream and peanut butter ice cream

Premise= It's not as bad as combining strawberry ice cream and vanilla ice cream

16) Conclusion= We should go to Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream

Premise= Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream is closer than Mitchell's Ice Cream

17) Conclusion= We should go to Screamin' Mimi's Ice Cream

Premise= We haven't been there in a year

18) Conclusion= We should go to Mitchell's Ice Cream

Premise= We've never gone to Mitchell's Ice Cream

19) Conclusion= We should go to Mitchell's Ice Cream

Premise= We've never gone to Mitchell's Ice Cream

Premise= Mitchell's Ice Cream has the best ice cream in the state

20) Conclusion= We should just get ice cream at Safeway

Premise= Safeway has a sale

21) Conclusion= YYou should rent the newest Spiderman movie.

Premise= Everyone likes Spiderman.

22) Conclusion= You should rent A Christmas Story

Premise= A Christmas Story is a great movie

23) Conclusion= You should rent the extended version of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a lot better than the original version rather than the original version

Premise= The extended version of Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a lot better than the original version

24) Conclusion= Sean Penn was a great actor

Premise= If Sean Penn was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, then he was a great actor

Premise= Sean Penn was in Fast Times at Ridgemont High

25) Conclusion= The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan is a great battle scene

Premise= The opening scene in Saving Private Ryan is so realistic that a lot of World War II veterans cried when they saw it

Premise= The key to a great battle scene is portraying it in a way that’s realistic

26) Conclusion= El Crimen del Padre Amaro should have got an Oscar

Premise= El Crimen del Padre Amaro portrays very complex social issues in a way that helps us recognize the human dramas behind them

27) Conclusion= the only reason Juan goes to a movie is to see an action movie

Premise= The last movie he saw was Ironman 3

28) Conclusion= The only reason Juan goes to a movie is to see action

Premise= Juan has never seen a drama or comedy and he says he never will

29) Conclusion= We should watch it tonight.

Premise= We haven't seen Silence of the Lambs in a few years

30) Conclusion= We should watch Silence of the Lambs tonight

Premise= Silence of the Lambs is the only movie both of us like

31) Conclusion= Alan Shepard was not the first American in space

Premise= It was John Glenn

32) Conclusion= Ham the Chimp was the first American in space

Premise= Ham the Chimp was before Alan Shepard

33) Conclusion= John Glenn must have been the first astronaut to orbit the earth

Premise= Neither Alan Shepard nor Ham orbited the earth

34) Conclusion= John Glenn couldn’t have been the first person to orbit the earth

Premise= John Glenn’s flight was on February 20, 1962

Premise= The Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin did it on April 12, 1961

35) Conclusion= In 1963 cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky prematurely re-entered the earth’s atmosphere because of solar flares.

Premise= He returned only after the solar flares.

36) Conclusion= N.A.S.A. was smart when they selected Neil Armstrong to be the first astronaut to walk on the moon

Premise= During his 1966 Gemini 8 spaceflight he demonstrated he could calmly handle a life-threatening emergency

37) Conclusion= Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders were the first astronauts to go to the moon

Premise= Their Apollo 8 flight was the first to reach and orbit the moon

38) Conclusion= The USA won't send an astronaut to Mars for at least 50 years because no other country is trying to do it.

Premise= It is expensive.

39) Conclusion= The USA should send an astronaut to Mars

Premise= Space exploration forces us to rethink our place in the universe

40) Conclusion= Humans should continue space exploration

Premise= Space exploration also forces us to recognize the fragility of life

41) Conclusion= If the Neolithic Revolution was 12,000 years ago, that definitely predates the Bronze Age

Premise= The Bronze Age was about six thousand years ago

42) Conclusion= The Neolithic Revolution predates the Bronze Age

Premise= The first Bronze Age was in the Near East, and that was 5300 years ago

Premise= The Neolithic Revolution was 12,000 years ago

43) Conclusion= I should learn more about ancient history

Premise= It's fascinating to realize how our own cultural practices came to be

44) Conclusion= The next time I teach Ancient Philosophy I should create an online activity for students to learn about Heron of Alexandria

Premise= Heron became a highly regarded engineer and inventor who was influenced by the Greek Atomists

Premise= Heron attempted demonstrate that matter was enough to explain self-movement, what they called automation

45) Conclusion= It would be good to discuss Heron

Premise= Folks still are attempting Heron's project

Premise= Heron's project gives our contemporary efforts historical context

46) Conclusion= You're ready to take the quiz

Premise= You got only one Handout example wrong.

47) Conclusion= You're ready to take the quiz.

Premise= You understand all of the examples you missed.

48) Conclusion= You should wait until tomorrow to take the quiz

Premise= You've been studying for two hours.

49) Conclusion= You need to review this week's reading.

Premise= You had to guess on half of the Handout examples.

50) Conclusion= You should ask the teacher some questions before you take the quiz.

Premise= You want to get a good grade.