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Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"This is the best band because they make the best music!" This statement is an example of which logical fallacy?

a)

Bandwagon

b)

Ad hominem

c)

Circular Reasoning

d)

No fallacy

2.

"Annie must love Starbucks! Don't all girls love Starbucks?"

a)

Stereotyping/

Generalization

b)

Circular Reasoning

c)

Ad hominem

d)

Affinity Fraud

3.

Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "

a)

circular reasoning

b)

ad hominem

c)

false dilemma (either/or reasoning)

d)

bandwagon

4.

If you don't study, you'll fail your test. Then you will do poorly in the class and your GPA will fall. You won't get into a good college, so you'll never get a decent job and you'll end up homeless.

a)

circular reasoning

b)

ad hominem

c)

slippery slope

d)

appeal to authority

5.

Look, either you love me and buy me chocolates, or you hate me and we never speak again.

a)

ad hominem

b)

slippery slope

c)

false dilemma (either/or reasoning)

d)

hasty generalization

6.

My professor, who has a Ph.D. in Astronomy, once told me that ghosts are real. Therefore, ghosts are real.

a)

slippery slope

b)

appeal to false authority

c)

ad hominem

d)

circular reasoning

7.

We should abolish the death penalty. Even Taylor Swift is opposed to it.

a)

Appeal to false authority

b)

False dilemma

c)

Ad hominem

d)

Slippery Slope

8.

I guess I should buy my 12-year-old daughter an iPhone. Everyone at her new school has one and I want her to fit in with the other kids.

a)

appeal to false authority

b)

bandwagon

c)

slippery slope

d)

either/or

9.

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

a)

Ad hominem

b)

Slippery slope

c)

false dilemma

d)

circular reasoning

10.

"The two books I read this year were not interesting. All books are just boring and a waste of time.

a)

Ad hominem

b)

False dilemma

c)

Hasty generalization

d)

Slippery Slope

11.

This is an example of:

a)

ad hominem

b)

slippery slope

c)

false dilemma

d)

circular reasoning

12.

This is an example of:

a)

False authority

b)

Ad hominem

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Hasty generalization