Logical Fallacies

Multiple Choice

A biology teacher begins teaching evolution by stating that all things evolve. A student says she just can't accept that humans came from bugs.

• False Dilemma

• Strawman

• Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning

• Ad Hominem

Multiple Choice

Sally: You should stop eating meat. You're unhealthy and murdering animals.

Ruth: Of course you'd say that; you're a hippie. Everybody knows that hippies are crazy tree-hugging animal lovers.

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Strawman

Multiple Choice

Katie likes to read and would rather do that than play sports. Her friends make fun of her and tell her that reading is for nerds. Katie stops reading so much and starts to play sports more.

• False Cause

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

Multiple Choice

A mother says that she does not trust her pediatrician because he has never been a mother.

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• False Dilemma

• Bandwagon

Multiple Choice

If you give them an inch, they will take a mile.

• Strawman

• Slippery Slope

• Bandwagon

• False Cause

Multiple Choice

When flowers bloom in the spring, birds also begin to sing. The flowers must cause the birds to sing.

• False Cause

• False Dilemma

• Ad Hominem

• Strawman

Multiple Choice

Would you rather pursue your passion or be stuck in a 9-to-5 job?

• False Cause

• Bandwagon

• False Dilemma

• Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning

Multiple Choice

Student: Why didn't I receive full credit on my essay?

Teacher: Because your paper did not meet the requirements for full credit.

• Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon