This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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) Non-sequitur. C) Faulty causality. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hasty generalization. 2. 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) Ad Hominem. B) False Dichotomy. C) Red Herring. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery Slope. 3. 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) Begging the question. B) Faulty Analogy. C) Begging the question. D) Appeals to false Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faulty Analogy. 4. 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. 5. All men are mortal, and Socrates is a man, therefore Socrates likes dogs. A) Ad Hominem. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Non Sequitur. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non Sequitur. 6. 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. 7. An argument which says "P is true because Q is true, and Q is true because P is true." A) Ad Hominem. B) Straw Man. C) Tu Quoque. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 8. 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) Appeal to ignorance. D) Ad hominem. E) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to ignorance. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. "Opium is a sleep-inducing because it has a sleep-inducing quality" A) Equivocation. B) Straw Man. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 14. 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. 15. 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.". 16. Being a movie star gave me the motivation to develop this new diet, which is safer and more effective than conventional diets. A) Appeal to authority. B) Ad hominem. C) Hasty generalization. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to authority. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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) Red Herring. B) Faulty Analogy. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Tu Quoque. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hasty Generalization. 20. If you eat all your Halloween candy you will get diabetes A) Sterotype. B) Red herring. C) Categorical claim. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slippery slope. 21. Fallacy? A) False dilemma. B) Equivocation. C) Appeal to the appetite. D) Red herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red herring. 22. 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. 23. "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. 24. 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. 25. This logical fallacy is when the argument is RESTATED rather then PROVEN A) Circular Reasoning. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Slippery Slope. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular Reasoning. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesLogical Fallacies Quiz 1Logical Fallacies Quiz 2Logical Fallacies Quiz 3Logical Fallacies Quiz 4Logical Fallacies Quiz 5Logical Fallacies Quiz 6Logical Fallacies Quiz 7Logical Fallacies Quiz 8Logical Fallacies Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books