Logical Fallacies #1-24 "Test"

Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone misrepresented an argument to make it easier to attack?

• Ad hominem

• Appeal to emotion

• Loaded question

• Strawman

What logical fallacy is being committed when someone presumed that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other?

• Ambiguity

• Appeal to authority

• False cause

• Genetic

Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone attempted to manipulate an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument?

• Anecdotal

• Appeal to emotion

• Appeal to nature

• No true Scotsman

What logical fallacy is being committed when someone presumed that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong?

• Personal incredulity

• The fallacy fallacy

• Composition/division

• Slippery slope

Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone said that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen?

• Burden of proof

• Begging the question

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

What logical fallacy is being committed when someone attacked their opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument?

• Loaded question

• Special pleading

• Tu quoque

• Ad hominem

Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone avoided having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser?

• Tu quoque

• Personal incredulity

• Ambiguity

• The Texas sharpshooter

What logical fallacy is being committed when someone made out like something is probably not true because they found it difficult to understand?

• Personal incredulity

• Special pleading

• Ambiguity

• The gambler's fallacy

Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone moved the goalposts or made up an exception when their claim was shown to be false?

• Loaded question

• Special pleading

• Middle ground

• The Texas sharpshooter

What logical fallacy is being committed when someone asked a question that had a presumption built into it so that it couldn't be answered without appearing guilty?

• Middle ground

• The gambler's fallacy

• Burden of proof

• Loaded question