This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 39 (28 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "It must be cool because everyone is doing it ..... " said Kinza A) Incorrect Premise. B) Post Hoc. C) Bandwagon/ Ad Populum. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon/ Ad Populum. 2. Claiming that items with only minor similarities are the same in almost everything else. A) Appeal to ignorance. B) Faulty causality. C) Weak analogy. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weak analogy. 3. "The rain came down so hard that Jennifer actually called me." A) Faulty Analogy. B) Slippery Slope. C) Straw Man. D) Non Sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non Sequitur. 4. The politician's argument is that everyone is voting for him, so you should too, is an example of ..... A) Loaded Language. B) Sweeping Generalization. C) Bandwagon. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bandwagon. 5. Which of the following is an example of "ad baculum" or appeal to fear? A) When Abby accuses Elizabeth of putting the needle in her stomach. B) When Mary reminds the Proctor's that she can accuse them at any time. C) When everyone claims everyone else of witchcraft. D) When everyone believes Hale because of his past jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When Mary reminds the Proctor's that she can accuse them at any time. 6. "I thought you were a good person, but you didn't donate to charity last year." A) Appeal to Emotion. B) False Analogy. C) Bandwagon. D) False Dichotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Dichotomy. 7. What is a red herring fallacy? A) A type of fish. B) Misrepresenting an argument. C) Providing strong support. D) A distraction from the main issue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A distraction from the main issue. 8. Hasty generalizations are similar to which of the following? A) Specificity. B) Overgeneralization. C) Understatement. D) Accurate representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overgeneralization. 9. What type of logical fallacy is presented:Christine has a terrible experience with a boyfriend. She decides that all boys are mean. A) Hasty Generalization. B) Ad Populum. C) Slippery Slope. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty Generalization. 10. "If we let students use calculators in class, soon they won't bother to learn math at all." A) Bandwagon. B) Sweeping Generalization. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Straw Man. 11. The other candidate in this election does not value the special bond between man and animal since they are against allowing pets in school. A) Straw Man Fallacy. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Either/Or Fallacy. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Straw Man Fallacy. 12. An inference drawn from insufficient evidence A) Faulty causality. B) Hasty generalization. C) Straw man. D) Either/or. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty generalization. 13. During a Bikini Bottom debate, why might Squidward use a red herring? A) To make a personal attack. B) To exaggerate the opponent's argument. C) To avoid addressing the main topic. D) To assume the argument is true because it's popular. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid addressing the main topic. 14. Definition:suggesting that only two options exist in dealing with an issue A) Slippery slope. B) Argument to the people. C) Either/or fallacy. D) Circular argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either/or fallacy. 15. What is the appeal to ignorance fallacy? A) Attacking a false version of someone's argument. B) Comparing two things that are not similar. C) Using language to arouse unreasoned feelings. D) Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claiming something is true because it hasn't been proven false. 16. What is a false equivalence fallacy? A) A type of logical reasoning. B) A distraction from the main issue. C) A distortion of an argument. D) A comparison between two things that are not similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A comparison between two things that are not similar. 17. If we use one more can of hairspray this month, the ozone layer will not exist, and we will not exist! A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery slope. C) Ad Hominem. D) Appeal to Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery slope. 18. A tool or technique that writers use to make their language more interesting, powerful, or persuasive. It's like adding spice to your writing to grab people's attention. A) Logical fallacy. B) Rhetorical device. C) Evidence. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhetorical device. 19. What is the either or fallacy? A) Attacking a false version of someone's argument. B) Comparing two things that are not similar. C) Using language to arouse unreasoned feelings. D) Presenting only two extreme options as the only alternatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Presenting only two extreme options as the only alternatives. 20. The following is an example of which logical fallacy?"Senator Johnson is a crook and a liar. Why would you believe he'll keep his promises by lowering the tax rate?" A) Name Calling (Ad Hominem). B) Plain Folks. C) False Either-Or Statement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name Calling (Ad Hominem). 21. What is the name of the fallacy in question 10 about Maureen? A) The Gambler's Fallacy. B) False Cause. C) Slippery Slope. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Gambler's Fallacy. 22. This is also called as appeal to logic or appeal to reason. When using this, the writer appeals to readers with the use of logic or reason. A) Ethos. B) Pathos. C) Logos. D) Graphos. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Logos. 23. Which of the following are benefits to volunteering to show your speech on a more public level outside of AHS? A) Extra credit. B) Getting your message out. C) Resume buffer. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. What logical fallacy is being committed when someone attacked their opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument? A) Loaded question. B) Special pleading. C) Tu quoque. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad hominem. 25. Which fallacy is illustrated by the statement, 'If we allow students to use calculators in exams, soon they won't be able to do any math without them'? A) Slippery slope fallacy. B) Ad hominem attack. C) Straw man argument. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slippery slope fallacy. 26. Which statement is a red herring? A) "We can't worry about climate change when there's so much unemployment.". B) "Climate change is a separate issue from unemployment.". C) "Climate change affects industries and employment opportunities.". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "We can't worry about climate change when there's so much unemployment.". 27. Attempting to sway people's emotions to cover up a lack of data or evidence A) Appeal to Emotion. B) Anecdotal Fallacy. C) Appeal to Authority. D) Begging the Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to Emotion. 28. "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. 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