Fallacies and Bias Quiz

NAME THAT FALLACY: Distorting or misrepresenting someone's argument in order to make it easier to defeat.

• Straw Man

• False Equivalence

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

NAME THAT FALLACY: Attempts to discredit an argument by attacking the source or person, not the argument itself.

• Straw Man

• False Dilemma

• Slippery Slope

• Ad Hominem

NAME THAT FALLACY: In an argument, saying that one event will have serious and extreme unintended consequences (even though evidence doesn't show this).

• Slippery Slope

• Straw Man

• False Equivalence

• Ad Hominem

NAME THAT FALLACY: In an argument, making a comparison between two subjects because they share SOME similarities, while ignoring the differences between them.

• Slippery Slope

• False Equivalence

• False Dilemma

• Straw Man

NAME THAT FALLACY: This fallacy is when during an argument one states that there are only a limited number of choices to choose when more options actually exist.

• Straw Man

• Slippery Slope

• False Dilemma

• False Equivalence

"The principal says we can't wear sweatpants. Ugh. Why does he hate us?" This is an example of:

• Straw Man fallacy

• Slippery Slope fallacy

• False Dilemma fallacy

• Ad Hominem fallacy

"If you let students wear sweatpants, next thing you know they will all just come to school in their underwear!" This is an example of:

• Slippery Slope fallacy

• Ad Hominem fallacy

• False Dilemma fallacy

"You heard that on CNN/Fox News? They're horrible, so there is no way that's true." This is an example of:

• False Equivalence fallacy

• Straw Man fallacy

• Ad Hominem fallacy

"Well, you have two choices: you either do this homework assignment tonight or you might as well quit school now." This is an example of:

• False dilemma fallacy

• Ad Hominem fallacy

• False Equivalence fallacy

NAME THAT BIAS: A type of bias in which journalist's political views affect news coverage.

• demographic

• neautrality

• "big story"

• partisan