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Fifteen sentence-completion questions on the Set 1 words, set in debates, classrooms and everyday life: four choices, one blank, and why the tempting wrong answer fails.

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Practice deck · part of Philosophy & Psychology · written against: 150 words of knowledge, ethics, belief, the mind and everyday reasoning; not clinical advice. Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. Leaving a lit candle beside the curtains while you nap goes against basic ______; you don't need a fire-safety course to see the danger.

    A) common sense
    B) critical thinking
    C) human nature
    D) emotional intelligence
    A) common sense

    Seeing an everyday danger without any special training takes common sense. Critical thinking is tempting, but it means carefully weighing the evidence and assumptions behind a claim, and no claim is being tested here.
    Knowledge & Truth
  2. The receipt was missing, but the jacket still had its tags and Mrs. Oduya seemed honest, so the clerk gave her the ______ and took it back.

    A) benefit of the doubt
    B) high road
    C) honor system
    D) double standard
    A) benefit of the doubt

    Assuming the best about a customer you have no way to check, with no receipt but an honest manner, is giving the benefit of the doubt. Honor system is tempting, but that is a standing setup that leaves people to police themselves, not one kind judgment about one customer.
    Ethics & Values
  3. A wobbling restaurant table started the ______ that led Rosamund to her invention: uneven floors, napkins folded under legs, and finally table feet that level themselves.

    A) aha moment
    B) train of thought
    C) mind's eye
    D) food for thought
    B) train of thought

    Each idea leading on to the next (uneven floors, folded napkins, self-leveling feet) is a train of thought. Aha moment is tempting, but that is the single instant an idea clicks, not the series of steps leading to it.
    Mind & Self
  4. Before the votes were even counted, the columnist posted a ______ declaring the school board election "the end of public education," and it drew thousands of angry replies.

    A) hot take
    B) first impression
    C) red herring
    D) leading question
    A) hot take

    A sweeping verdict fired off before the results are in, sure to anger readers, is a hot take. First impression is tempting, but that is how a person or thing strikes you at first meeting or first glance, not a public post meant to stir anger.
    Thinking Errors
  5. Shoppers often warm to a salesperson who shares their hometown accent, quietly counting her as part of their ______ before she has said a word about the product.

    A) in-group
    B) echo chamber
    C) pecking order
    D) comfort zone
    A) in-group

    Counting someone as one of us because of a shared accent places her in the shoppers' in-group. Echo chamber is tempting, but that names a space, often online, where everyone already agrees and each shared opinion just gets repeated back and reinforced; the shoppers here are reacting to an accent, not trading opinions.
    Groups & Influence
  6. When splitting a restaurant bill, Ottavio follows a simple ______ that works for most dinners, though not to the penny: each person pays for their own order, plus an even share of the tip.

    A) golden mean
    B) honor system
    C) thought experiment
    D) rule of thumb
    D) rule of thumb

    A simple guideline that holds true for most cases, though only approximately, is a rule of thumb. Golden mean is tempting, since the split sounds balanced, but that is a middle course between two extremes, and none are named.
    Habits & Learning

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