Logical Fallacies Midterm Exam
Authored by Hector Garcia
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Why should we listen to Paskett about which car is better? He's dumb because he eats sunflower seeds.
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Equivocation
Straw Man
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
This fallacy refers to "name calling" instead of addressing the actual issue
(a)
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
This fallacy refers to following the popular opinion; otherwise known as jumping on the (a)
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
I don't know much about football, but everyone likes Tom Brady, so I do too!
Ad Hominem
Circular Reasoning
Either or
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
Just do it! - Everyone else already did...
Bandwagon
Ad Hominem
Pathos
Circular Reasoning
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI. 9-10.8
CCSS.RI.11-12.8
CCSS.RI.8.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
If you step on a crack, you'll break your mother's back
Guilt by Association
Ad Hominem
False Cause
Bandwagon
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
5 mins • 1 pt
The weather was perfectly fine until Aunt Jamimi showed up. Therefore she caused it.
False Cause
False Analogy
False Dichotomy (either or)
False.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
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