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Logical Fallacies Practice Part 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two statements that do not connect with each other logically.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

2.

Giving only two conclusion to an issue when there are more possible conclusions

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

3.

Attacking a person rather than a position or the issue.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

4.

When someone who is not knowledgeable about an issue claims to have an expert opinion.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

5.

Attacking a weaker version of your opponent's position rather than attacking their actual position.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

6.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


"If hunger is a problem in America, then why do we have an obesity problem among the people who we say have a hunger problem?” (Senator Rick Santorum)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

7.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


“Donald Trump is an ‘insecure moneygrubber... loud, outrageous, offensive, small, a failure and fraudster-in-chief.” (Senator Elizabeth Warren in response to comments made by Donald Trump where he said he hoped for a stock market crash so he could profit from it)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

8.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


“Well, I actually think she’s a hopeless case. I call her Pocahontas, and that’s an insult to Pocahontas. I actually think that she is just somebody who has got a lot of hatred, a lot anger.” (President Trump in response to Elizabeth Warren’s comments that reducing funding for healthcare would result in people dying.)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

9.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


“Either we ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share in taxes, or we’re going to have to ask seniors to pay more for Medicare. We can’t afford to do both.” (President Obama)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

10.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


“For the White House or anyone else to be criticizing creation of jobs now in America is a little bit hypocritical." (Texas Senator Rick Perry in response to Obama's criticism that Texan jobs are dependent on cheap oil and gas)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

11.

Identify which fallacy is being used in this meme:


*For some context: after the Supreme Court case legalizing gay marriage, Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk, made news by refusing to issue marriage certificates to gay couples.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

12.

Identify which fallacy is being used in this meme:


*For some context: The Iran Nuclear deal limited the amount and type of nuclear energy produced by Iran. This meme claims the Nuclear deal will create a nuclear war that kills our children.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

13.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


" [Hillary Clinton is] effectively proposing to abolish the borders around the country that she is supposed to be representing.” (President Donald Trump speaking about Hillary Clinton's plan to offer paths to citizenship for immigrants who are not citizens.)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

14.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


"President Obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans and heal the planet. MY promise...is to help you and your family.” (Mitt Romney)

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

15.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the meme:

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

16.

Identify which fallacy is being used (and then refuted) in this headline:

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

17.

Identify which fallacy is being used in the quotation:


“Marriage is either a conjugal union of a man and a woman designed to unite husband and wife to each other and to any children who may come from their union, or it is a relationship for the mutual benefit of adults which the state recognizes and to which it grants certain benefits. Whoever is for one, is opposed to the other.” (Archbishop Cordileone)--here the speaker is saying that marriage is either for love/children OR for legally benefits and that it cannot be for both reasons.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

18.

Identify which fallacy is being used in this interview:


CHRIS WALLACE: Pope Francis will release an encyclical on the environment... You suggested the holy father should stay out of the debate on climate change...


RICK SANTORUM: The Church has gotten it wrong a few times on science. And we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists and focusing on what we do -- what we're really good at, which is -- which is theology and morality.


CHRIS WALLACE: Two points, if he's not a scientist, and, in fact, he has a degree in chemistry, neither are you. That's one point. The second point is, somewhere between 80% and 90% of scientists who have studied this say that humans, men -- human activity, contributes to climate change. so, I guess the question would be, if he shouldn't talk about it, should you?

-- Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), June 7, 2015, during an interview with Chris Wallace of Fox News.

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority

19.

Identify which fallacy is being used in this meme:


*Explanation: Republican Marco Rubio is being called a snowflake for wanting to avoid town hall meetings with hecklers through a comparison with Democrat Gabrielle Giffords who survived a shooting by someone who disagreed with her politics.


There are two answers here!

a)

non sequitur

b)

ad hominen

c)

straw man

d)

false dilemma

e)

false authority