Logical Fallacies #1-6 Quiz

What is the logical fallacy in which someone misrepresents an argument to make it easier to attack?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

What is the logical fallacy in which someone presumes that a relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

What is the logical fallacy in which someone attempts to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid argument?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

What is the logical fallacy in which someone presumes that because a claim has been poorly argued or a fallacy has been made, the claim itself must be wrong?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Fallacy fallacy

What is the logical fallacy in which someone argues that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Slippery slope

• Ad hominem

What is the logical fallacy in which someone attacks their opponent's character or personal traits to undermine their argument?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

Example: After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.

What fallacy did Warren commit?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

Example: Pointing to a fancy chart, Roger shows how temperatures have been rising over the past few centuries, whilst at the same time the numbers of pirates have been decreasing; thus, pirates cool the world and global warming is a hoax.

What fallacy did Roger commit?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

Example: Luke didn't want to eat his sheep's brains with chopped liver and Brussel sprouts, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who weren't fortunate enough to have any food at all.

What fallacy did Luke's father commit?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Appeal to emotion

• Ad hominem

Example: Recognizing that Amanda had committed a fallacy in arguing that we should eat healthy food because a nutritionist said it was popular, Alyse said we should therefore eat bacon double cheeseburgers every day.

What fallacy did Alyse commit?

• Strawman

• False cause

• Fallacy fallacy

• Ad hominem