This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 20 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main purpose of using rhetorical questions in a speech? A) To provide answers to the audience. B) To engage the audience and provoke thought. C) To confuse the audience. D) To summarize the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To engage the audience and provoke thought. 2. What fallacy occurs when the consequences of a suggested action are exaggerated unrealistically? A) Red herring. B) Slippery slope. C) Bandwagon. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slippery slope. 3. When two things being compared are similar in some ways but not relevant to the argument. A) Slippery Slope. B) Appeals to authority. C) Band Wagon. D) Weak/False Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weak/False Analogy. 4. What is ad hominem? A) Attacking an opponent's character instead of their argument. B) Oversimplifying an opponent's argument. C) Claiming there are only two possible choices. D) Making a false assumption based on similarities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attacking an opponent's character instead of their argument. 5. What logical fallacy can you spot in this exchange?"I believe in what I think is right. Don't misunderstand.""No, it's perfectly clear. You support me, or you leave this family." A) False Dilemma. B) Non Sequitur. C) Slippery Slope. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False Dilemma. 6. "You can't miss school today because skipping school is against the rules, and we have to follow the rules." A) Red Herring. B) Bandwagon. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Straw Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 7. "If you do not forward this to 10 friends within 24 hours, you will experience a heartbreaking tragic event. A) Scare tactic. B) Sentimental appeal. C) Straw man. D) Slippery slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scare tactic. 8. If you believe in capital punishment, you are a conservative. A) Slippery Slope. B) Ad Hominem. C) Restricted Options. D) Band Wagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Restricted Options. 9. A personal attack A) Bandwagon. B) Hasty Generalization. C) Ad Hominem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad Hominem. 10. The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him. A) Appeal to authority. B) Red herring. C) Bandwagon. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad hominem. 11. Some of these Americans don't get insurance because they feel young and healthy. A) Stereotypes. B) Bandwagon Appeal. C) Anecdote. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stereotypes. 12. I am voting for Smith for President because the rest of my family is voting for him. A) Hasty Generalization. B) Straw Man. C) Appeal to the Crowd. D) Appeal to False Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to the Crowd. 13. What is the post hoc ergo propter hoc 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) Assuming causation based on time sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assuming causation based on time sequence. 14. What is a fallcy? A) True belief, especially one based on unsound argument. B) A policy for falling. C) A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument. 15. What is the logical fallacy where an argument is made that because something is popular, it must be true or good? A) Ad Populum. B) False Cause. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Populum. 16. Which logical fallacy is being committed when someone argued that a statement is correct because the statement is made by a person or source that is commonly regarded as authoritative? A) Appeal to authority. B) False cause. C) Loaded question. D) Special pleading. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeal to authority. 17. Which logical fallacy involves attacking a person's character instead of the argument they are making? A) Ad Hominem. B) Straw Man. C) Red Herring. D) Slippery Slope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad Hominem. 18. What does the straw figure fallacy involve? A) Strengthening someone's argument before attacking it. B) Building a strong argument with logical reasoning. C) Using figures and statistics to mislead. D) Attacking a simplified version of the opponent's argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attacking a simplified version of the opponent's argument. 19. BONUS:Saying that because one finds something difficult to understand, therefore it's not true A) Loaded Question. B) Anecdotal. C) Personal Incredulity. D) Middle Ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal Incredulity. 20. A person provides only two possible options or sides, without considering all other possible choices. A) Hasty generalization. B) Either/or. C) Faulty causality. D) Non-sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either/or. 21. Which logical fallacy has been committed here? If you're looking to move, you should consider buying the place on Main Street. This new home offers three large bedrooms, a spacious master bathroom, and an eat-in kitchen. A) False analogy. B) Card stacking. C) Non-sequitur. D) Begging the question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Card stacking. 22. If someone argues, "You can't prove ghosts don't exist, so they must be real, " they are committing the fallacy of: A) False Dichotomy. B) Ad Hominem. C) Hasty Generalization. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 23. We live in paradise, but we don't know it. A) Anecdote. B) Circular reasoning. C) Ethos. D) Weak analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weak analogy. 24. Ready to be a detective? Imagine you're solving a mystery, but you only have a tiny, blurry photo to go on. Which fallacy is at play when you jump to conclusions with just this little piece of evidence? A) Slippery slope. B) Understatement. C) Overstatement. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overstatement. 25. Using a personal experience or an isolated example instead of a sound argument or compelling evidence A) Anecdote. B) Stereotypes. C) Loaded Language. D) Bandwagon Appeals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anecdote. ← 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