Chapter 2 - Exercise 2

Making Accurate Inferences

Donald Hall, "Argument and Persuasion"
Open the text to this passage in Chapter 2. The following questions are additional inference questions based on this little fable.

On the basis of the evidence in the passage, label these statements as follows: PA (probably accurate); PI (probably inaccurate); and NP (not in the passage).

1		Marie was irresponsible for not bringing a second franc for the return ferry trip.
2		Marie knew of the Murderer's reputation.
3		Marie had had several affairs before her tryst with Pierre.
4		Pierre did not know that Marie was married.
5		Pierre did not have a high opinion of women.
6		The Ferryman was a "company man" and followed the rules rigidly.