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WorksheetsLogical Fallacies Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This logical fallacy involves "painting with a broad brush" and positing that a person or source is unworthy due to his/her/its racial, geographic and/or ethnic origins
a)
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
b)
Ad Populum
c)
Genetic
d)
Ipso Facto
2.
This logical fallacy is nothing more than a personal attack.
a)
Snob
b)
Amphiboly
c)
Sum Ergo
d)
Ad Hominem
3.
This logical fallacy asserts than an opponent's assertions must be false because the critic simply can't imagine or understand it.
a)
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
b)
Incredulity
c)
Genetic
d)
Amphiboly
4.
This logical fallacy sometimes is used interchangeably with circular reasoning.
a)
Begging the Dog
b)
Amphiboly
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Begging the Question
5.
This logical fallacy suggests a cause/effect relationship that doesn't exist.
a)
Genetic
b)
False Cause
c)
Quid Pro Quo
d)
Amphiboly
6.
This fallacy occurs when a rhetorician adapts an argument to fit a particular conclusion rather than accepting the proper conclusion of the logical reasoning.
a)
Irrelevant Conclusion
b)
False Cause
c)
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
d)
Amphiboly
7.
This fallacy includes any lame attempt to "prove" an argument by overstating, exaggerating, or over-simplifying the arguments of the opposing side.
a)
Red Herring
b)
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
c)
Straw Man
d)
Begging the Question
8.
This fallacy is one in which the speaker argues that, once the first step is undertaken, a second or third step will inevitably follow, much like the way one step on a slippery incline will cause a person to fall and slide all the way to the bottom.
a)
Genetic
b)
Post Hoc Ad Hoc
c)
Amphiboly
d)
Slippery Slope
9.
This fallacy occurs when using a word in a different way than the author used it in the original premise, or changing definitions halfway through a discussion.
a)
Red Herring
b)
Composition
c)
Equidistant
d)
Equivocation
10.
This fallacy involves defining terms in such a narrow or unrealistic manner as to exclude or omit relevant examples from a sample.
a)
No True Country
b)
No True Scotsman
c)
No Hoc Post Hoc
d)
Argument from the Negative
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