WorksheetsLogic and Fallacies Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the study of reasoning and argumentation called?
Logic
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
What is a mistake in reasoning known as?
Logical Fallacy
Hypothesis
Theory
Assumption
Which fallacy introduces an irrelevant issue to divert attention from the subject under discussion?
Red Herring
Straw Man
Slippery Slope
False Dilemma
What is the fallacy called where someone uses a double standard or argues an unjustified exception to something?
Special Pleading
Ad Hominem
Bandwagon
Appeal to Emotion
Which fallacy attacks the person rather than dealing with the real issue in dispute?
Ad Hominem
Red Herring
Genetic Fallacy
Tu Quoque
What is the fallacy of avoiding criticism by turning it back on the accuser called?
Tu Quoque
Ad Hominem
Special Pleading
Red Herring
Which fallacy condemns an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it?
Genetic Fallacy
Faulty Appeal to Authority
Red Herring
Ad Hominem
What is an appeal to someone who has no special knowledge or expertise called?
Faulty Appeal to Authority
Red Herring
Special Pleading
Tu Quoque
What is the "Appeal to the People" fallacy?
Claiming something is true because it is popular
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument
Offering a limited number of options
Repeating a claim as evidence
What does the "Straw Man" fallacy involve?
Repeating a claim as evidence
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument
Offering a limited number of options
Manipulating emotions
What is "Circular Reasoning"?
Offering a limited number of options
Repeating a claim as evidence
Misrepresenting an opponent's argument
Manipulating emotions
What does the "False Dilemma" fallacy do?
Offers a limited number of options
Repeats a claim as evidence
Misrepresents an opponent's argument
Manipulates emotions
What is a "Loaded Question"?
A question with an assumption built in
A question that repeats a claim as evidence
A question that misrepresents an argument
A question that manipulates emotions
What is equivocation in an argument?
Using the same term in two different senses
Assuming a first step will lead to unavoidable steps
Suggesting a product makes you part of an elite group
Using an emotional response instead of a valid argument
What does the slippery slope fallacy assume?
That a product makes you part of an elite group
That taking a first step will lead to subsequent steps that cannot be prevented
That using the same term in two different senses is valid
That an emotional response is a valid argument
What is snob appeal in advertising?
Using the same term in two different senses
Assuming a first step will lead to unavoidable steps
Suggesting that the use of the product makes the customer part of an elite group with a luxurious and glamorous lifestyle
Using an emotional response instead of a valid argument
