Which type of fallacy uses circular reasoning to support an argument? genetic fallacy begging the claim hasty generalization ad populum

new york state wildlife expert richard thomas found that a woodchuck could (and does) chuck around 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. thomas reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, he would chuck an amount equivalent to the weight of the dirt, or 700 pounds.

answer; and he had to live thus all alone on the brink of an abyss, with no one who understood or pitied him;

a negative statement is more likely to be the correct answer (apex)