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On Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Begging the Question

c)

Red Herring

d)

Appeal to Ignorance

2.

Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.

a)

Weak Analogy

b)

Begging the Question

c)

Post hoc

d)

False Dichotomy

3.

Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.

a)

Post hoc

b)

Straw Man

c)

Appeal to Authority

d)

Slippery Slope

4.

I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.

a)

Missing the Point

b)

Appeal to Pity

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Hasty Generalization

5.

You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong…

a)

Weak Analogy

b)

Straw Man

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Red Herring

6.

We can’t freeze the academic year because then students won’t graduate on time. Next thing you know most people will be unemployed and will resort to crime. The crime rate will skyrocket and society will collapse.

a)

Post hoc

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Weak Analogy

7.

The book Investing for Dummies really helped me understand my finances better. The book Chess for Dummies was written by the same author, was published by the same press, and costs about the same amount, so it would probably help me understand my finances as well.

a)

Weak Analogy

b)

Appeal to Authority

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Post hoc

8.

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)

Slippery Slope

b)

Red Herring

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Straw Man

9.

We shouldn’t put her in jail even if she stole billions of pesos. She is already too old to be locked up.

a)

Appeal to Pity

b)

Begging the Question

c)

Hasty Generalization

d)

Slippery Slope

10.

There is a global recession and more people are becoming hungry and desperate. Crimes of theft and robbery have been increasing at an alarming rate lately. The only way to solve this problem is by reinstating the death penalty.

a)

Appeal to Authority

b)

Missing the Point

c)

False Dichotomy

d)

Weak Analogy