This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 10 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sure, we haven't given raises to our employees in more than ten years. However, we do pride ourselves on providing customer service in over seven different languages. A) Red Herring. B) Appeal to Nature. C) Bandwagon. D) Circular Reasoning. E) Guilt by Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Herring. 2. Mike:It is morally wrong to cheat on your spouse, why on earth would you have done that?Ken:But what is morality exactly?Mike:It's a code of conduct shared by cultures.Ken:But who creates this code? ..... A) Ad hominem. B) Red herring. C) Band wagon. D) Faulty analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red herring. 3. You need to go to the party with me, otherwise you'll just be bored at home. A) Appeal to ignorance. B) Post hoc. C) False dichotomy. D) Tu quoque. E) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False dichotomy. 4. Identify the logical fallacy of this argument:Pamela is the class secretary. She says that she thinks that the class should do more service projects. Mark says he can't believe that Pamela doesn't support the annual school dance. A) Straw Man Fallacy. B) False Cause Fallacy. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Band Wagon Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straw Man Fallacy. 5. People from big cities are not as friendly as those from small towns. I know because I met a person from New York City last year (I live in Snowflake, AZ) A) Appeal to pity/overly emotional. B) Faulty causality. C) Non-sequitur. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasty generalization. 6. Identify the logical fallacy:If you don't clean your room, then it will start to smell bad, and you'll start to smell bad. And if you smell bad, you won't have any friends. A) Slippery Slope. B) False Dichotomy. C) Ad Hominem. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery Slope. 7. Many women claim that they want to live in a peaceful world, but we must remember that there were no nuclear weapons before women were given the right to vote. A) Faulty Analogy. B) Begging the question. C) Appeals to false Authority. D) Begging the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faulty Analogy. 8. A school board member argues against implementing a new curriculum, claiming it will lead to chaos and destruction of education. What logical fallacy is being used? A) Slippery Slope. B) Red Herring. C) Loaded Language. D) False Dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery Slope. 9. All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs. A) Straw Man. B) Ad Hominem. C) Non Sequitur. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non Sequitur. 10. Which logical fallacy is presented?"If I have the flu then I'll have a fever. I have a fever. Therefore, I have the flu." A) Affirming consequent. B) Denying antecedent. C) Inconsistency. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affirming consequent. 11. An argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true." A) Circular Reasoning. B) Straw Man. C) Ad Hominem. D) Tu Quoque. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular Reasoning. 12. We have no evidence that the Illuminati ever existed. They must have been so clever they destroyed all the evidence A) Strawman. B) False Dilemma. C) Ad hominem. D) Appeal to ignorance. E) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to ignorance. 13. During a debate about the greatest basketball player of all time, a fan argues that their favorite player is the best because they have the most Instagram followers. What fallacy is evident? A) False Dichotomy. B) Bandwagon. C) Ad Hominem. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandwagon. 14. You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings. A) Weak analogy. B) Appeal to ignorance. C) Slippery slope. D) Appeal to pity/overly emotional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery slope. 15. A logical fallacy is an error in reasoning that has a negative effect on an argument. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. You like dogs, or you like cats. No body likes both. A) Either/Or Fallacy. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Straw Man Fallacy. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Either/Or Fallacy. 17. "Opium is a sleep-inducing because it has a sleep-inducing quality" A) Hasty Generalization. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Equivocation. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular Reasoning. 18. Which type of logical fallacy is presented?"Have you finally stopped cheating on exams?" A) Appeal to Force. B) Bandwagon. C) Complex Question. D) False Dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complex Question. 19. Jump on the bandwagon! Which of these statements is waving the flag of a Bandwagon Argument? A) "Join the crowd! Vote for this candidate because everyone else is doing it.". B) "Don't be the odd one out! If you don't follow the trend, you'll be left behind.". C) "This policy is the best; it's stood the test of time, after all.". D) "Ghosts? Since no one can prove they exist, they must be a figment of our imagination.". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Join the crowd! Vote for this candidate because everyone else is doing it.". 20. Being a movie star gave me the motivation to develop this new diet, which is safer and more effective than conventional diets. A) Straw man. B) Appeal to authority. C) Ad hominem. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to authority. 21. Which logical fallacy uses insults and comments on the opponent's appearance instead of the issue of the argument? A) Bandwagon. B) Red Herring. C) Ad Misericordiam. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad Hominem. 22. All teachers drink coffee and teachers are people; therefore, all people drink coffee. A) Categorical Claim. B) False Dilemma. C) False Analogy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Categorical Claim. 23. An argument based on insufficient evidence or on a conclusion that was made by looking at a small group as representative of the whole A) Tu Quoque. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Faulty Analogy. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty Generalization. 24. If you eat all your Halloween candy you will get diabetes A) Categorical claim. B) Sterotype. C) Red herring. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery slope. 25. What does the term "Ad Populum" refer to? A) Accepting a claim as true because it is logical. B) Accepting a claim as true because it is scientifically proven. C) Accepting a claim as true because most people believe it to be "popular" or true. D) Accepting a claim as true because it is written in a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Accepting a claim as true because most people believe it to be "popular" or true. 26. "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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to Authority. 27. Which fallacy is demonstrated in the statement:'Everyone is buying the new smartphone, so it must be the best one available.' A) Bandwagon fallacy. B) Post hoc ergo propter hoc. C) Appeal to tradition. D) False cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon fallacy. 28. This logical fallacy is when the argument is RESTATED rather then PROVEN A) Hasty Generalization. B) Straw Man. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 29. Using a double standard or arguing for an unjustified exception to the rule. A) Genetic Fallacy. B) Tu Quoque. C) Special Pleading. D) Fallacy of Composition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Special Pleading. 30. Which fallacy involves making a conclusion with insufficient evidence? A) Ad hominem. B) Circular reasoning. C) Hasty generalization. D) False analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasty generalization. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesLogical Fallacies Quiz 1Logical Fallacies Quiz 2Logical Fallacies Quiz 3Logical Fallacies Quiz 4Logical Fallacies Quiz 5Logical Fallacies Quiz 6Logical Fallacies Quiz 7Logical Fallacies Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books