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Fallacies

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"Eat your food. Think about the starving children in Africa"?
a)
Ad misericordiam - to pity
b)
Ad Baculum - to force
c)
Amphibiloy, syntax
d)
Division
2.

"Justin Bieber has millions of fans; therefore, he must be talented"

a)

Ad ignorantiam - lack of knowledge is knowledge

b)

Ad hominem - against the person

c)

Ad misericordiam - to pity

d)

Ad populum to emotion/bandwagon

3.

Don't believe what Kim says about global warming. Kim dropped out of college!

a)

Ad misericordiam - to pity

b)

Ad hominem - against the person

c)

Non causa pro causa - questionable cause

d)

Converse accident - hasty Gen

4.

We should move to Budapest - Donald Trump says the weather is better there.

a)

Equivocation

b)

Ad populum - to popular emotion/bandwagon

c)

Non causa pro causa - questionable cause

d)

Ad verecundiam - to inappropriate authority

5.

Bill Gates says that over-population is a problem.Therefore, over-population is a problem.

a)

Ad populum - popular belief

b)

Ad baculum - force

c)

Ad misericordiam - pity

d)

Ad verecundiam - authority

6.

If you were a true American you would support the rights of people to choose whatever vehicle they want.

a)

Begging the Claim

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Ad populum/

Bandwagon Appeal

d)

Slippery Slope

7.

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

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Bandwagon

c)

Straw Man

d)

Appeal to Authority

8.

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

9.
"Chick fil A is the greatest food chain in existence. Look at the crowds!"
a)
converse accident
b)
ad populum
c)
ad baculum
10.

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)

Appeal to emotion

c)

Post hoc

d)

Ad populum

11.

This fallacy occurs when evidence is boiled down to "everybody's doing it, so it must be right:"

a)

ad populum

b)

circular reasoning

c)

claim of value

d)

faulty analogy

12.

"Everyone else believes it, so it must be true."

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Moral Equivalence

c)

Red Herring

d)

Ad Populum

13.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Circular Reasoning
c)
Tu Quoque
d)
Ad Populum
14.

Yeah, I know some people say that cheating on tests is wrong. But we all know that everyone does it, so it's okay.

a)

Ad Populum

b)

Sunk Cost

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

False Analogy

15.
Billy - "An apple is a vegetable."  Bobby - "Don't listen to Billy; he failed Spanish class last year. "
a)
Ad hominem
b)
Circular Reasoning
c)
Tu Quoque
d)
Ad Populum