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Retake: Logical Fallacies Wizer

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Either we go to war, or we appear weak.

a)

Strawman

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Slippery Slope

2.

Which fallacy is pictured?

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Texas Sharpshooter

3.

 Teacher: If I let you go to the bathroom pretty soon everybody will want to go to the bathroom. This is an example of:

a)

Texas Sharpshooter

b)

Straw Man

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Slippery Slope

4.

A girl tells her boyfriend she’d prefer Chinese food over Pizza tonight. The boyfriend rolls his eyes and tells her that she must hate pizza.

a)

False Dilemma

b)

Straw Man

c)

Ad Hominem

d)

Slippery Slope

5.

Lisa sold her first startup to an influential tech company, so she must be a successful entrepreneur. (She ignores the fact that four of her startups have failed since then.)

a)

Straw Man

b)

Ad Hominem

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Texas Sharpshooter

6.

An abusive attack against someone making the argument, instead of the argument itself, is called a/an:

a)

Texas Sharpshooter

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Straw Man

d)

Ad Hominem

7.

A seemingly unimportant event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which leads to an even more significant event, and so on...

a)

Straw Man

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Ad Hominem

8.

Only two choices are presented as the only possibilities when, in fact, there are other alternatives.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Texas Sharpshooter

d)

False Dilemma

9.

A logical fallacy is

a)

A flaw in logic

b)

Seems true on the surface, but if you look closer doesn't make sense

c)

A bad way to make an argument

d)

All answers are correct

10.

When someone attacks a distorted version of the original argument that they have themselves created is called a/an

a)

Straw Man

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

False Dilemma

d)

none of the above

11.

A fallacy where you only discuss evidence that supports your claim, and strategically leave out the evidence that goes against your claim.

a)

Slippery Slope

b)

Straw Man

c)

False Dilemma

d)

Texas sharpshooter

12.

Only a selfish, non-caring person would believe that this is ok.

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

False Dilemma

c)

Texas Sharpshooter

d)

Slippery Slope

13.

“Your coach’s policy is that no one can be a starter on game day if they miss practice. So, if you miss basketball practice today, you won’t be a starter in Friday’s game. Then you won’t be the first freshman to start on the Varsity basketball team at our school.”

a)

False Dilemma

b)

Slippery Slope

c)

Straw Man

d)

Ad Hominem