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Logical Fallacies

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"All people from Crete are liars."

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Ignorance

c)

Strawman argument

d)

False Dilemma

2.

"The Senator thinks we can solve all our ecological problems by driving a Prius."

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Ignorance

c)

Strawman Argument

d)

False Dilemma

3.

"We have no evidence that the Illuminati ever existed. They must have been so clever that they destroyed all evidence."

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Appeal to Ignorance

c)

Strawman Argument

d)

False Dilemma

4.

"Either you love me or you hate me."

a)

Ad Hominem

b)

Strawman Argument

c)

Appeal to Ignorance

d)

False Dilemma

5.

"If you miss practice, it means you were probably goofing off. People who goof off drop out of school and end up penniless."

a)

Red Herring Fallacy

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Circular Argument

d)

Slippery Slope Fallacy

6.

"Smoking pot is against the law because it is wrong; I know it's wrong because it is against the law."

a)

Red Herring Fallacy

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Circular Argument

d)

Slippery Slope Fallacy

7.

"People nowadays only vote with their emotions instead of their brains."

a)

Red Herring Fallacy

b)

Hasty Generalization

c)

Circular Argument

d)

Slippery Slope Fallacy

8.

"My wife wants to talk about cleaning out the garage, so I asked her what she wants to do with the patio furniture, because it's just sitting in the garage taking up space."

a)

Circular Argument

b)

Slippery Slope Fallacy

c)

Red Herring Fallacy

d)

Hasty Generalization

9.

"But, Dad, I know you smoked when you were my age, so how can you tell me not to do it?"

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Causal Fallacy

c)

Appeal to Hypocrisy

d)

Fallacy of Sunk Costs

10.

"Every time a rooster crows, the sun comes up. Crows must be the creators of the universe."

a)

Causal Fallacy

b)

Appeal to Hypocrisy

c)

Fallacy of Sunk Costs

d)

Appeal to Authority

11.

"I know this relationship isn't working anymore and that we're both miserable. No marriage. No kids. No steady job. But I've been with him for seven years, so I'd better stay with him."

a)

Causal Fallacy

b)

Appeal to Authority

c)

Equivocation

d)

Fallacy of Sunk Costs

12.

"One day robots will enslave us all. It's true. My computer science teacher says so."

a)

Appeal to Authority

b)

Fallacy of Sunk Costs

c)

Causal Fallacy

d)

Equivocation

13.

"I don't understand why you're saying I broke a promise. I said I'd never speak to my ex-girlfriend again. And I didn't. I just sent her some pictures and text messages."

a)

Fallacy of Sunk Costs

b)

Appeal to Authority

c)

Appeal to Pity

d)

Equivocation

14.

"Professor, you have to give me an A on this paper. I know I only turned in a sentence and some clip art, but you have to understand, my grandmother suddenly died while traveling in the Northern Yukon, and her funeral was there so I had to travel and all the stress caused me to become catatonic for two weeks."

a)

Appeal to Pity

b)

Equivocation

c)

Bandwagon Fallacy

d)

Appeal to Authority

15.

"Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do."

a)

Appeal to Authority

b)

Equivocation

c)

Appeal to Pity

d)

Bandwagon Fallacy