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LOGICAL FALLACIES IN ARGUMENT

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Person 1: Bicycle infrastructure should be expanded because cycling is a sustainable mode of transportation. 
Person 2: We should not build bike lanes because cyclists run red lights and endanger pedestrians.
a)
Circular Reasoning
b)
Either/Or
c)
Hasty Generalization
d)
Straw Man
2.
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
b)
Appeal to False Authority
c)
Bandwagon appeal
d)
Faulty Analogy
3.
People either like coffee or hate it. 
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Either/Or
c)
Begging the Question
d)
Ad Populum
4.
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. 
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Straw Man
c)
Bandwagon Appeal
d)
Appeal to False Authority
5.
“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
a)
Appeal to False Authorirty
b)
Bandwagon Appeal
c)
Faulty Analogy
d)
Ad Hominem
6.
Smoking cigarettes is just like ingesting arsenic into your system; both have been shown to be causally related to death. If you wouldn't want to take a spoonful of arsenic, I would think that you wouldn't want to continue smoking.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Faulty Analogy
c)
Straw Man
d)
Begging the Question
7.
President Reagan was a great communicator because he had the knack of talking effectively to the people.
a)
Bandwagon Appeal
b)
Ad Hominem 
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Hasty Generalization
8.
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
a)
Non Sequitur 
b)
Slippery Slope
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Card Stacking
9.
She's wearing red shoes. Her favorite color must be red.
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Non Sequitur 
d)
Straw Man
10.
I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug. 
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Either/Or
d)
Appeal to False Authority
11.

McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

a)

Post Hoc

b)

False Analogy

c)

Red Herring

d)

Bandwagon

12.
Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Post Hoc
c)
Bandwagon Appeals
d)
False Dilemma
13.
Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.
a)
Faulty Analogy
b)
False Dilemma
c)
Ad Hominem
d)
Circular Reasoning
14.
Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president? 
a)
Cherry Picking
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Post Hoc
d)
Ad Hominem
15.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
16.
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
b)
Appeal to False Authority
c)
Bandwagon appeal
d)
Faulty Analogy
17.
You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.
a)
Non Sequitur 
b)
Slippery Slope
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Card Stacking
18.
I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug. 
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc 
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Either/Or
d)
Appeal to False Authority
19.
People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.
a)
ad hominem
b)
either-or fallacy
c)
hasty generalization
d)
slippery slope
20.

Identify the logical fallacy: "Audiences agree. The Hunger Games is the must-see movie of the year!"

a)

Appeal to Authority

b)

Tu Quoque

c)

Hasty or unwarranted generalization

d)

Bandwagon

21.

Identify the logical fallacy: "Yeah, Marc is really smart. That's why he's so intelligent."

a)

Tu Quoque

b)

Hasty generalization

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Begging the Question

22.

"A mob is no worse than the individuals that make it up, because a mob is just a large group of individuals."

a)

False analogy

b)

Circular reasoning

c)

False dilemma

d)

Ad hominem

23.

"Yum! Cheesecake! Well, just a few more calories won't make any difference."

a)

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

b)

Ad hominem

c)

Equivocation

d)

Special pleading

24.

"I'm going to put seat belts in my car so that I don't have an accident."

a)

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

b)

Circular reasoning

c)

False dilemma

d)

Equivocation

25.

"Most housewives use this brand of dish detergent, so it must be good!"

a)

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

b)

Ad hominem

c)

False analogy

d)

Ad ignorantium

26.

"Surely you are not supporting that scheme! That dreadful scoundrel Marvin Brown is organizing it!"

a)

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

b)

Equivocation

c)

Ad ignorantium

d)

Ad hominem

27.

"The mind is like a knife, cutting through difficult problems. But just as too much cutting dulls a knife, so too much education dulls the mind."

a)

False dilemma

b)

False analogy

c)

Equivocation

d)

Circular reasoning

28.

"The performance of Beethoven's Archduke Trio, which you are about to hear, must be the greatest every recorded because the artists - Rubinstein, Heifitz, and Feuerman - are the greatest solo performers on their respective instruments."

a)

Circular reasoning

b)

Equivocation

c)

Ad hominem

d)

Ad ignorantium

29.

"Teenagers should not have driver's licenses! I was almost run over twice by teenagers on my way to work this morning. They just can't drive!"

a)

Circular reasoning

b)

Ad hominem

c)

False analogy

d)

False dilemma

30.

"I wore that shirt to my last exam and did well, so I think I'll wear it to this exam, too."

a)

Equivocation

b)

False analogy

c)

Ad ignorantium

d)

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

31.
when an analogy compares two things that are not comparable
a)
false analogy
b)
red herring
c)
ad hominem
d)
appeal to false authority
32.
citing someone who has no expertise as an authority
a)
circular reasoning
b)
post hoc
c)
straw man
d)
appeal to false authority
33.
a speaker skips to a new and irrelevant topic in order to avoid the topic of discussion
a)
false analogy
b)
hasty generalization
c)
red herring
d)
either/or
34.
switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker
a)
red herring
b)
ad hominem
c)
ad populum
d)
false analogy
35.
a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea
a)
straw man
b)
ad populum
c)
post hoc
d)
slippery slope
36.
speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices
a)
straw man
b)
either/or
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
37.
there is not enough evidence to support a particular conclusion
a)
circular reasoning
b)
post hoc
c)
hasty generalization
d)
red herring
38.
repeating the claim as a way to provide evidence
a)
appeal to false authority
b)
ad populum
c)
post hoc
d)
circular reasoning
39.
claiming that something is a cause just because it happened earlier
a)
post hoc
b)
slippery slope
c)
false analogy
d)
appeal to false authority
40.
evidence boils down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be a good thing to do"
a)
ad hominem
b)
either/or
c)
ad populum
d)
straw man
41.
asserting that some event must inevitably follow from another without any argument for the inevitability of the event in question
a)
circular reasoning
b)
ad hoc
c)
slippery slope
d)
straw man
42.
"All of the other teachers let students eat in class, so we should be able to eat in this class."
a)
straw man
b)
ad populum
c)
red herring
d)
either/or
43.
Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.
a)
appeal to false authority
b)
ad hominem
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
44.
Steve sells hundreds of homes every year, so he would be an excellent campaign manager.
a)
false analogy
b)
ad populum
c)
either/or
d)
post hoc
45.
Angela claims that humans are a result of millions of years of evolution. It's absurd to say that we rose from the slime and became intelligent beings!
a)
ad populum
b)
straw man
c)
circular reasoning
d)
false analogy
46.
I had a bad student teacher from that college; their teacher education program is terrible!
a)
circular reasoning
b)
ad hominem
c)
slippery slope
d)
hasty generalization
47.
God exists because the Bible says He does. The Bible is true because God says it is.
a)
straw man
b)
red herring
c)
circular reasoning
d)
appeal to false authority
48.
If we allow euthanasia, the next thing you know, murder will be legal.
a)
slippery slope
b)
straw man
c)
ad populum
d)
false analogy
49.
I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV. Trust me, Excedrin is the best headache medicine you can buy.
a)
ad hominem
b)
hasty generalization
c)
appeal to false authority
d)
ad populum
50.
Mom: You need to go clean up your messy room!
You: I'm having a really hard time in my math class. Do you think you could help me?
a)
ad hominem
b)
straw man
c)
false authority
d)
red herring

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