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Fallacy Practice

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There's no point listening to your opinion on school lunches. Everybody knows you cheat on your math tests.

a)

ad hominem

b)

circular reasoning

c)

faulty analogy

2.
People either like coffee or hate it. 
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Either/Or
c)
Begging the Question
d)
Ad Populum
3.

I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Bandwagon Appeal

c)

Appeal to False Authority

4.
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
5.

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

6.

An argument that assumes the truth of what it is trying to prove.

a)

hasty generalization

b)

circular reasoning

c)

straw man argument

d)

ad hominem

7.

An argument that appeals to popular opinion as the basis for its truth. AKA: "Everybody else is doing it"

a)

hasty generalization

b)

circular reasoning

c)

guilt by association

d)

bandwagon fallacy

8.

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

a)

appeal to nature

b)

ad hominem

c)

non sequitur

d)

bandwagon fallacy

9.

"The Cardinals are the best football team because they're better than all the other teams. They're better than all the other teams because they're the best."

a)

hasty generalization

b)

circular reasoning

c)

straw man argument

10.
the phrase "Ninety percent of all people surveyed said that McDonalds is better than Burger King so it must be true."  represents which fallacy?
a)
The Straw Man Fallacy
b)
The Slippery Slope Fallacy
c)
The Bandwagon Fallacy
d)
The Argument from Authority Fallacy
11.
You visit a new country and the first person you meet in the airport is rude. You send a message to a friend back home that everyone in this new country is rude.
a)
hasty generalization
b)
bad analogy
c)
false cause
d)
loaded language