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Logical Fallacies Quiz

Authored by Julie Swobodzinski

English

10th Grade

CCSS covered

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Logical Fallacies Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My job interview did not go well. I'll never get a job.

overgeneralization
hasty generalization
attack the man
circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

To reach a conclusion with very few facts.

overgeneralization
hasty generalization
attack the man
circular reasoning

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which fallacy is this?

"Either we raise taxes, or our economy will collapse!”

Hasty Generalization

Either-Or/False Dilemma

Post Hoc

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

My job interview did not go well. I'll never get a job.

overgeneralization
hasty generalization
attack the man
circular reasoning

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

30 sec • 1 pt

"Russia has a terrible human rights record." "Well, the United States has done plenty of bad things." -the President when confronted about Russia's human rights abuses.

slippery slope

red herring

moral equivalence

non sequitur

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Trans fats are as bad as biological weapons.

either/or (black/white) (binary)

non sequitur

ad hominem

moral equivalence

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

30 sec • 1 pt

There is a lot of commotion regarding saving the environment. We cannot make this world an Eden. What will happen if it does become Eden? Adam and Eve got bored there!

red herring

moral equivalence

non sequitur

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

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