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Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Children should not go trick or treating, as there always

exists the possibility that someone could poison the treats.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Restricted Options

d)

Appeal to Fear

2.

If you allow one student to take an online course, soon

everyone will want to, and the schools will be empty.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Insufficient Evidence

3.

If you believe in capital punishment, you are a conservative.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

Restricted Options

d)

Band Wagon

4.

If you eat a good diet, you will never have a heart attack.

a)

Misplaced cause and effect

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Ambiguity

d)

Hasty Generalization

5.

Children who play violent video games act more violently than those who don’t.

a)

Appeals to emotion

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Misplaced cause & effect

d)

Ad Hominem

6.

Eighty-five percent of those surveyed said that it is important to have a cell phone.

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Misplaced Cause and Effect

d)

Restricted Options

7.

Only a selfish, non-caring person would believe that this is ok.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Appeals to emotion

d)

Slippery Slope

8.

Asthma can be reversed, as my sister cured hers buy spending fifteen minutes out in the cold every day last winter.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Misplaced Cause and Effect

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Insufficient Evidence

9.

Everyone knows that teenagers are lazy

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Appeals to Emotion

d)

Hasty Generalization

10.

If we don’t teach teens to work harder, the human race is doomed.

a)

Band Wagon

b)

Appeal to Fear

c)

Insufficient Evidence

d)

Restricted Options

11.

A survey of my English class shows that only fifteen percent of teens are expected to do chores.

a)

Band Wagon

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Insufficient Evidence

12.

Everyone seems to support the changes in the vacation policy, and if everyone likes them, they must be

good.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Band Wagon

c)

Misplaced Cause and Effect

d)

Ambiguity

13.

If you love your family, you'll buy this new stealth

security system.

a)

Band Wagon

b)

Appeal to Fear

c)

Restricted Options

d)

Hasty Generalization

14.

“Your coach’s policy is that no one can be a starter on game day if they miss practice. So, if you miss basketball practice today, you won’t be a starter in Friday’s game. Then you won’t be the first freshman to start on the Varsity basketball team at our school.”

a)

Band Wagon

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Ad Hominem