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Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

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)

Band Wagon

b)

Either/Or

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Straw Man

2.

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

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Straw Man

c)

Appeal to the Crowd

d)

Appeal to False Authority

3.

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)

Red herring

d)

Faulty analogy

4.

All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Non Sequitur

d)

Straw Man

5.

Mike: It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?

Ken: But what is morality exactly?

Mike: It’s a code of conduct shared by cultures.

Ken: But who creates this code?...

a)

ad hominem

b)

red herring

c)

band wagon

d)

faulty analogy

6.
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
7.

"Good morning! Have you gotten over the grouchy mood you were in?"

a)

Begging the question

b)

Ad hominem

c)

False dilemma

d)

False analogy

8.

Diverts attention from the original issue by shifting to another issue/topic

a)

Hasty generalization

b)

red herring

c)

ad hominem/ personal attack

d)

appeal to logos

9.

What is a fallacy that presents information that does not follow logically from a premise

a)

slippery slope

b)

non sequitur

c)

red herring

d)

either / or

10.
This logical fallacy suggests a cause/effect relationship that doesn't exist.
a)
Genetic
b)
False Cause
c)
Quid Pro Quo
d)
Amphiboly
11.
This logical fallacy sometimes is used interchangeably with circular reasoning.
a)
Begging the Dog
b)
Amphiboly
c)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Begging the Question
12.

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)

Argument from Ignorance

c)

Superstition

d)

Circular Reasoning

13.

When an author uses someone who has no expertise to speak on an issue

a)

Straw Man Fallacy

b)

Bandwagon Appeal

c)

Ad Hominem Fallacy

d)

Appeal to False Authority

14.

McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.

a)

Post Hoc

b)

False Analogy

c)

Red Herring

d)

Appeal to Crowd

15.

Michael Jordan, battery ad.

a)

Bandwagon Appeal

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Red Herring

d)

Appeal to Authority

16.

Billy - "Spanish is easy." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

a)

Tu Quoque

b)

Categorical Claim

c)

Faulty Cause

d)

Stereotyping