Part One: On the Nature of Critical Thinking

Q: Critical thinking is essential to reasoning well through complicated issues.

•   True
•   False

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Q: Critical thinking and creativity entail two distinctly different processes.

•   True
•   False

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Q: One should not analyze sympathetically points of view that are revolting and obviously wrong.

•   True
•   False

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Q: If a statement is irrelevant, we benefit by asking how it helps us answer the question at issue.

•   True
•   False

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Q: Inferences are implications embedded in a situation.

•   True
•   False

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Q: Critical thinkers are mainly concerned with assessing their own thinking, rather than the thinking of others, since their own thinking is the only thinking under their control.

•   True
•   False

Part Two: On the Nature of Critical Thinking

Q: One main requirement of critical thinking is

•   to articulate arguments as well as possible
•   to identify every aspect of another person’s thinking
•   to analyze thinking into its most basic components
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

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Q: An important fact that supports the need for ananalytic dimension of critical thinking is that

•   people don’t typically recognize the importance of assessment in thinking
•   most people don’t think
•   the analysis of thinking is presupposed in every subject
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

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Q: Critical thinkers assess thinking in order to

•   look carefully at the parts of thinking
•   adhere to the standards implicit in examinations
•   think at the highest level of quality
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

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Q: Depth in reasoning best relates to

•   difficulties in the issue
•   logical implications
•   exemplifying the purpose.
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

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Q: Fairminded thinking is

•   something most people strive to do.
•   primarily about having a good heart.
•   connected with the accurate assessment of one’s own reasoning.
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

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Q: It is important to clarify thinking whenever

•   you are trying to determine whether something is relevant
•   you are formulating thoughts for a paper.
•   there are complexities in an issue.
•   all of the above
•   none of the above

Part Three: On Recognizing Important Distinctions in Critical Thinking

Q: perspective

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: sufficiency

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: prejudice in thinking

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: intellectual sense of justice

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: socialism

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: narrowmindedness

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: completeness

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above

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Q: clarifying issues, conclusions, or beliefs

•   element
•   standard
•   trait
•   ability
•   obstacle
•   none of the above