Answer:
C) false causation
Explanation:
The false causation fallacy is a category of informal fallacies in which a cause is incorrectly identified. For example, "my going to sleep causes the sun to set." The two events may coincide, but have no causal connection.
Answer:
Bilbo.
Explanation:
It does seem like he is leading the quest with all the information that I have to work with. He understood the rune to make the door open, and based on the information, it doesn't seem like Thorin has done anything, really. It also seems like Bilbo has more experience with the stuff that has happened so far.
Bilbo understood the rune, and Thorin didn't.
This is just based on the information I have, I'm not sure if Thorin did something or not.
a.news reports of people who lost their homes in the recession
This is a compound sentence containing 2 independent clauses separated by a conjunction.