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WorksheetsLogical Fallacies Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is a Red Herring fallacy?
When a speaker skips to an irrelevant topic to avoid the topic of discussion
When insufficient evidence is used to support a claim
When inaccurate information is given to back a claim
When a topic is generalized
What is a Ad Hominem fallacy?
When insufficient evidence is used to back up a claim
When the speaker brings up an irrelevant topic in order to shift focus to the claim
When the speaker stops talking about the issue and attacks the opponent instead
When the speaker makes a generalization
What is a Straw Man fallacy?
When the speaker stops talking about the issue and attacks the opponent instead
When the speaker repeats the claim instead of presenting evidence
When the speaker presents two extreme options are the only choices
When a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute
What is a Faulty Analogy fallacy?
When two non-comparable things are put up against each other as evidence
When the speaker presents faulty information
When the speaker only gives two extreme examples as an option
When the speaker switches to attacking their opponent instead of refuting the argument
What is an Either/or Fallacy or False Dilemma?
When the speaker presents a claim based on insufficient evidence
When the speaker compares two things with different meanings
When the speaker presents extreme options as the only possible choices
When the speaker attacks the opponent instead of discussing the issue
What is the Hasty Generalization fallacy?
When the speaker repeats the clam as evidence
When the speaker bases a claim on insufficient evidence
When the speaker brings up an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the topic
When the speaker has views that are both extreme and inaccurate
What is Circular Reasoning fallacy?
When the speaker stops talking about the issue and attacks the opponent instead
When the speaker compares two things without similarities
When the speaker presents extreme options as the only possible choices
When the speaker repeats the claim as evidence of the claim
What is the fallacy when an author claims that something is a cause because it happened earlier?
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
Hasty Generalization
Straw Man Fallacy
Faulty Analogy
What is it called when an author uses examples of popular things to try and convince an audience?
Straw Man Fallacy
Bandwagon Appeal
Circular Reasoning
Red Herring
When an author uses someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue
Straw Man Fallacy
Bandwagon Appeal
Ad Hominem Fallacy
Appeal to False Authority
What is it called when a speaker attacks their opponent instead of arguing the point?
Bandwagon Appeal
Straw Man Fallacy
Ad Hominem Fallacy
Either/ or Fallacy
What is it called when a speaker bases their claim on insufficient evidence?
Hasty Generalization
Red Herring
Faulty Analogy
Circular Reasoning
