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Type of Argument-Fallacies

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

2.

I met a tall man who loved to eat cheese. Now I believe that all tall people like cheese.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

3.

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

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

4.

Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

5.

If we allow the principal to change the date of the homecoming dance, what’s next? He’s going to cancel the dance altogether.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

6.

Three out of four teachers prefer Bright Marks Markers, but I only asked four teachers total.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

7.

Occurs when a series of increasingly superficial and unacceptable consequences is drawn

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

8.

“The Malaysian militarily shouldn't get involved in other countries. Once the government sends in a few troops, it will then send in thousands to die."

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

9.

Norwegians are lazy. I have two friends who are from there, and both of them never prepare for class or do their homework

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

10.

When I was young, my dad and brothers never helped with the household chores. Men are useless in the house.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

11.

If you allow the students to redo this assignment, they are going to want to redo every assignment for the rest of the year.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery SLope

d)

Appeal to Authority

12.

Our soccer team was losing until I bought new shoes. We have not lost a game since I got my lucky shoes!

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

13.

A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day because athlete Stephen Curry says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

14.

If you break your diet and have one cookie tonight, you will just want to eat 10 cookies tomorrow, and before you know it, you will gain all the weight you lost.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

15.

I ate in three restaurants in Bangkok and didn’t like the experience. There are no good restaurants in Bangkok.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

16.

Kevin's dog scratched his leg, and that night he had a fever. Kevin concluded that his dog must have infected him with something.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

17.

Someone argues that drinking alchohol is morally wrong and cites a sermon from her pastor at church.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

18.

The temperature has dropped this morning, and I also have a headache. The cold weather must be causing my headache.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

19.

Dozens of poor families come to the Mayor for financial help. Poor people only depend on other people for their living.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

20.

Famous actors like Alex Gonzaga and Philip Salvador support Oplan Tokhang, so it must be an effective operation.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

21.

We can’t freeze the academic year because then students won’t graduate on time. Next thing you know most people will be unemployed and will resort to crime. The crime rate will skyrocket and society will collapse.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

22.

I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

23.

A conclusion based on insufficient, incomplete, or biased information

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

24.

Every time that rooster crows, the sun comes up. That rooster must be very powerful and important!

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority

25.

Today late for ten minutes, tomorrow late for an hour, and then someday you will simply cease to show up.

a)

Hasty Generalization

b)

Post Hoc

c)

Slippery Slope

d)

Appeal to Authority