WorksheetsAP Test Review - Logical Fallacies
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Bandwagon
c)
Straw Man
d)
False Authority
2.
My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Circular Reasoning
c)
Cherry-picking the evidence
d)
Ad Hominem
3.
I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Affirming the Consequent
d)
Appeal to Irrelevant Authority
4.
If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and you GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up poor and homeless.
a)
Slippery Slope
b)
Circular Reasoning
c)
False Dilemma
d)
Affirming the Consequent
5.
After Will said that we should put more money into health and education, Warren responded by saying that he was surprised that Will hates our country so much that he wants to leave it defenseless by cutting military spending.
a)
ad hominem
b)
red herring
c)
straw man
d)
sentimental appeal
6.
Look, you are going to have to make up your mind. Either you decide that you can afford this stereo, or you decide you are going to do without music for a while.
a)
Either/Or
b)
Slipper Slope
c)
Weak Analogy
d)
Post Hoc
7.
Luke didn't want to eat his vegetables, but his father told him to think about the poor, starving children in a third world country who don't have anything to eat.
a)
Hasty generalization
b)
Sentimental Appeal
c)
Post hoc
d)
Ad populum
8.
40 million people can't be wrong! Buy the new Iphone XIV today!
a)
Bandwagon
b)
False dichotomy
c)
Post hoc
d)
Straw man
9.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
ad hominem
b)
either/or
c)
red herring
d)
bandwagon appeal
10.
This image illustrates which rhetorical appeal?
a)
ethos
b)
pathos
c)
logos
11.
If we allow euthanasia, the next thing you know, murder will be legal.
a)
slippery slope
b)
straw man
c)
ad populum
d)
false analogy
12.
speaker presents two extreme options as the only possible choices
a)
straw man
b)
either/or
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
13.
a speaker chooses a deliberately poor or oversimplified example in order to ridicule and refute an idea
a)
straw man
b)
ad populum
c)
post hoc
d)
slippery slope
14.
Cari says that we need a major overhaul in education. Cari gets a speeding ticket every other week, so maybe she should learn how to drive instead of worrying about schools.
a)
appeal to false authority
b)
ad hominem
c)
false analogy
d)
hasty generalization
15.
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
16.
Consider the following exchange:
Lindsey: I think capital punishment is a necessary component of our justice system and should remain legal.
Kayla: So you are saying that murder should be legal and it is okay for us to go around killing people just because we think they deserve it? That isn't right.
Of what fallacy is Kayla guilty?
Lindsey: I think capital punishment is a necessary component of our justice system and should remain legal.
Kayla: So you are saying that murder should be legal and it is okay for us to go around killing people just because we think they deserve it? That isn't right.
Of what fallacy is Kayla guilty?
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Strawman
c)
Slippery Slope
d)
Appeal to Emotion
17.
My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.
a)
appeal to false authority
b)
red herring
c)
straw man
d)
ad hominem
18.
My parents are democrats, and they are good people. Therefore, all democrats must be good people.
a)
ad hominem
b)
hasty generalization
c)
appeal to irrelevant authority
d)
wishful thinking
19.
"Based on the dozens of archaeological expeditions I’ve made all over the world, I am confident that those potsherds are Mesopotamian in origin."
a)
logos
b)
ethos
c)
pathos
20.
"More than one hundred peer-reviewed studies have been conducted over the past decade, and none of them suggests that this is an effective treatment for hair loss."
a)
logos
b)
ethos
c)
pathos
21.
Wilma: You cheated on your income tax. Don't you realize that's wrong?
Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?
Walter: Hey, wait a minute. You cheated on your income tax last year. Or have you forgotten about that?
a)
Either-Or
b)
Tu Quoque
c)
Ad Hominem
d)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
22.
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)
Either-Or
d)
Ad Hominem
23.
He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Tu Populum
c)
Either-Or
d)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
24.
“How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?”
a)
False Authorirty
b)
Ad Populum
c)
Faulty Analogy
d)
Ad Hominem
25.
People either like coffee or hate it.
a)
Ad Hominem
b)
Either-Or
c)
Hasty Generalization
d)
Tu Quoque
26.
Michael Jordan, battery ad.
a)
Bandwagon Appeal
b)
Post Hoc
c)
Red Herring
d)
False Authority
27.
McDonald's Hamburgers, over 99 billion served.
a)
Post Hoc
b)
False Analogy
c)
Red Herring
d)
Bandwagon
28.
I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Straw Man
c)
Bandwagon Appeal
d)
Appeal to False Authority
29.
I saw Ashton Kutcher in a prescription drug commercial, therefore it has to be an effective drug.
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
b)
Hasty Generalization
c)
Either/Or
d)
Appeal to False Authority
30.
People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns.
a)
ad hominem
b)
either-or fallacy
c)
hasty generalization
d)
slippery slope
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