This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Identify the logical fallacy: "Hey, my girlfriend may be high maintenance, but your girlfriend is addicted to Louboutin shoes and Tiffany's bracelets." A) Hasty generalization. B) Tu Quoque. C) Ad Hominem. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tu Quoque. 2. Identify the red herring fallacy in the following statements: A) We shouldn't worry about climate change right now. There are people who don't even have enough food to eat. B) My parents are always nagging me to study more, but I do fine on my tests. C) If you don't start saving money now, you won't be able to afford a vacation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We shouldn't worry about climate change right now. There are people who don't even have enough food to eat. 3. Which of the following is the best definition for ad hominem? A) When someone's claim is considered false because their words are inconsistent with their actions. B) Event A has occurred, so event Z will inevitably happen. C) Person A makes claim X, Person B makes an attack on Person A, Therefore A's claim is false. D) When Y is presented to produce fear, so claim X is true. E) A occurs before B, therefore A is the cause of B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person A makes claim X, Person B makes an attack on Person A, Therefore A's claim is false. 4. Example:Recognizing that Amanda had committed a fallacy in arguing that we should eat healthy food because a nutritionist said it was popular, Alyse said we should therefore eat bacon double cheeseburgers every day.What fallacy did Alyse commit? A) Strawman. B) False cause. C) Fallacy fallacy. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad hominem. 5. A ..... is an attempt to shift focus from the debate at hand by introducing an irrelevant point. A) Strawman. B) Red herring. C) Ad hominemTagsE1.8G. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red herring. 6. If we don't teach teens to work harder, the human race is doomed. A) Band Wagon. B) Appeal to Fear. C) Insufficient Evidence. D) Restricted Options. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to Fear. 7. Mom:Why is there a scratch on my new Telsa?Teenager:That's so wild, Mom! Did I tell you that a kid called me fat today in school? A) Red herring. B) Slippery slope. C) Argument to the people. D) Post hoc fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red herring. 8. Changing the meaning of the word mid-argument. A) Circular Reasoning. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Red Herring. D) Equivocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Equivocation. 9. We need to stop allowing colleges to increase tuition every year. The next thing we know, it's going to cost more to attend college for one semester than it is to buy a new home! A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery slope. C) Hasty generalization. D) Equivocation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery slope. 10. Imagine Abigail and Aiden are chatting about the new school dress code. Abigail exclaims, "It's obvious the new school dress code won't work. Soon they'll be forcing everyone to wear uniforms everywhere!" What kind of logical fallacy is Abigail making? A) Strawman. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Red Herring. D) False Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strawman. 11. Which type of logical fallacy is presented?"You should not find the defendant guilty of murder, since it would break his poor mother's heart to see him sent to jail." A) False Dichotomy. B) Attacking the Person. C) Appeal to Consequences. D) Appeal to Pity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to Pity. 12. Incorrect assumption that one event caused another event correlation does not imply causation.Ex:I dyed my hair red last week. This week, three other girls showed up to school with freshly dyed red hair. They must have made the change because they liked my hair. A) Slippery Slope. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Faulty Casualty. D) Appeal to False Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faulty Casualty. 13. What logical fallacy is being committed when someone argued that the origins of a person, idea, institute, or theory determine its character, nature, or worth? A) Genetic. B) No true Scotsman. C) Tu quoque. D) Appeal to nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genetic. 14. If you were a true American you would support the rights of people to choose whatever vehicle they want. A) Appeal to Pity. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Bandwagon. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 15. ..... is a mistake in reasoning, a flawed argument used just to win a debate, a distraction from the actual argument, or a foundational weakness in reasoning. A) Valid Argument. B) The Statue Quo. C) Ad Hominem. D) Logical Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Logical Fallacy. 16. When a source is viewed negatively because of its connection with another person or group. A) Straw man argument. B) Ad hominem. C) Bandwagon fallacy. D) Guilt by association. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Guilt by association. 17. Which logical fallacy is presented?"If I'm cleaning the kitchen, then I'm not reading my book. I'm not cleaning the kitchen. Thus, I am reading my book." A) Affirming consequent. B) Denying antecedent. C) Inconsistency. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denying antecedent. 18. Referencing someone who has no special knowledge in the area being discussed. A) Red Herring. B) Bandwagon. C) Ad Hominem. D) Appeal to False Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal to False Authority. 19. "How can you argue your case for vegetarianism when you are enjoying your steak?" A) Appeal to False Authorirty. B) Bandwagon Appeal. C) Faulty Analogy. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad Hominem. 20. You should never gamble! Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you will spend all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime just to support your gambling addiction. A) Bandwagon. B) Appeal to Authority. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery Slope. 21. Accepting a concept as Right/correct because the majority of people accept an idea is called ..... A) Ad populum. B) Hasty generalization. C) Circular reasoning. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad populum. 22. Which fallacy is this?"Either we raise taxes, or our economy will collapse!" A) Hasty Generalization. B) Either-Or/False Dilemma. C) Post Hoc. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either-Or/False Dilemma. 23. Which of the following is the definition for deductive reasoning? A) Reasoning that is air tight. B) Reasoning where all premises are true. C) Reasoning where there is no doubt. D) All statements are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All statements are true. 24. What is the name of the fallacy in question (2) about the politician? A) Strawman. B) False Cause. C) Appeal to Emotion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strawman. 25. If a parent tells their child they can't see their friends tonight and the child responds, "Why do you hate me? A) Sweeping Generalization. B) Loaded Language. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Strawman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strawman. 26. Student:You didn't teach us this; we never learned this.Teacher:So, what you're saying is that you just didn't study it after we went over it in class right? That you don't want to put in the work? A) Strawman Argument. B) False Dilemma. C) Circular logic. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strawman Argument. 27. "Schools should provide nutritious lunches to students.""So schools should take money away from technology and necessary supplies in the classroom?" A) Begging the claim. B) Appeal to authority. C) Straw man. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straw man. 28. This attempts to distract from the truth of the conclusion by the use of pity. A) Post Hoc. B) Either/or. C) Appeal to pity. D) Ad Populum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to pity. 29. Can you spot the example of Begging the Question? Think of it as a detective game where you're uncovering logical fallacies! A) "You can't possibly give me a C in this class; I'm an A student through and through.". B) "This policy is the best, obviously. It's been our go-to for ages!". C) "Sugar is our enemy, folks! Without cutting it out, we're all doomed to fall ill.". D) "The beach is everyone's summer dream, right? It's going to be packed!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "You can't possibly give me a C in this class; I'm an A student through and through.". 30. Which logical fallacy involves attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself? A) Straw Man. B) Ad Hominem. C) False Dichotomy. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ad Hominem. ← 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