WorksheetsLogical fallacies
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Either you love bacon, or you're wrong.
a)
Hasty Generalization
b)
Post Hoc
c)
Bandwagon Appeals
d)
False Dilemma
2.
Kids: If you wouldn't eat your dog, why eat a turkey? Go vegan.
a)
Faulty Analogy
b)
False Dilemma
c)
Ad Hominem
d)
Circular Reasoning
3.
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
4.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable." Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Categorical Claim
c)
Exaggeration
d)
Stereotyping
5.
Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. Joan concludes that the cat's scratch must be the cause of her illness.
a)
Post Hoc Ergo Propter hoc
b)
Appeal to False Authority
c)
Bandwagon appeal
d)
Faulty Analogy
6.
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
7.
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)
Circular Reasoning
d)
Card Stacking
8.
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
9.
Unless you can close your eyes to abuse, write a check to save this puppy.
a)
ad hominem
b)
hasty generalization
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
slippery slope
10.
Don't ever gamble! Once you start, you won't be able to stop, and you'll end up bankrupt.
a)
ad hominem
b)
bandwagon
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
slippery slope
11.
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
12.
He can't be a great athlete; he cheated on his wife.
a)
ad hominem
b)
bandwagon appeal
c)
either-or fallacy
d)
hasty generalization
13.
Your friend says, "You can't prove that space aliens don't exist, so they must be real". This is an example of which logical fallacy?
a)
Argument from Ignorance
b)
Strawman Fallacy
c)
Argument from Authority
d)
Ad Hominem
14.
An ad hominem attack
a)
is a very effective debate strategy
b)
goes after a person's argument.
c)
is always against a popular idea.
d)
is an attack on the person, not the argument
15.
Yes, I threw a rock through the window, but Joey did it first.
This is an example of _________
This is an example of _________
a)
Two Wrongs make a Right Fallacy
b)
The Bandwagon Fallacy
c)
The Argument from Authority Fallacy
d)
The Slippery Slope Fallacy
16.
"The Cardinals are the best football team because they're better than all the other teams."
a)
hasty generalization
b)
circular reasoning
c)
straw man argument
d)
ad hominem
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