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Fallacies

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mrs. Peters is nominated for teacher of the year, which is voted on by her fellow faculty members. A colleague says that she would never vote for her because she is too young.

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

2.

A clerk who steals money from her company justifies her actions by saying that the company has been overcharging customers for years.

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

d)

Red Herring

3.

Parent: Your curfew is at 10 pm tonight.

Teenager: But the party doesn't even start until 9:00.

Parent: It's a school night, so you need to be home by 10:00.


Teenager: You just want me to be unpopular! You don't care about my happiness!

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

d)

Red Herring

4.

He may be a qualified candidate, but he has tattoos, so I won't vote for him.

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

d)

Red Herring

5.

Marie made fun of Sarah's shoes yesterday. Today, Sarah makes fun of Marie's haircut and tells her teacher that it should be okay because of what Marie did yesterday.

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

d)

Red Herring

6.

In government, arguing for raising taxes - "We need more revenue to support the programs that we have. Children are our future. Let's support children."

a)

Personal Attack

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Straw Man

d)

Red Herring

7.

Fruits and vegetables are part of a healthy diet. After all, a healthy eating plan includes fruits and vegetables.

a)

Begging the Question

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Loaded Question

d)

Slippery Slope

8.

When Cory gets caught for speeding, he tells the police officer that three people just passed him traveling faster than he was.

a)

Red Herring

b)

Two Wrongs Make a Right

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Slippery Slope

9.

The greatest thing we can do is to love each other. Love is better than any other emotion.

a)

Red Herring

b)

Begging the Question

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Slippery Slope

10.

My brother likes to eat a lot of pizza and French fries, and he is healthy, I can say that pizza and French fries are healthy and don't really make a person fat.

a)

Red Herring

b)

Begging the Question

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Slippery Slope

11.

If I eat this doughnut today, I'll probably eat another doughnut tomorrow. If I eat one doughnut tomorrow, I might eat several donuts the next day.

a)

False dilemma

b)

Begging the Question

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Slippery Slope

12.

"Have you stopped mistreating your pet?". This is an example of

a)

False dilemma

b)

Begging the Question

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Loaded Question

13.

Donate to my campaign if you care about the future.

a)

False dilemma

b)

Begging the Question

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Loaded Question

14.

A little boy says that his friends should not go swimming in a river because his Mama said there were germs in the river.

a)

False dilemma

b)

Inappropriate Appeal to Authority

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Red Herring

15.

Guns are like hammers—they're both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone.

a)

Weak Analogy

b)

Inappropriate Appeal to Authority

c)

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Hasty Generalisation

d)

Begging the Question