This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 22 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I didn't see you at the charity fundraiser today. I guess you are not a good person after all." A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) Ad Hominem. D) False Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Dilemma. 2. Labor unions in America are just as bad as Russia under Stalin! A) Bandwagon Appeal. B) Ad Hominem. C) Moral Equivalence. D) Hasty Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral Equivalence. 3. An inference that does not follow logically from a previous statement A) Bandwagon. B) Ad hominem. C) Straw man. D) Non-sequitur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Non-sequitur. 4. An argument that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. A) Straw man argument. B) False causation. C) Red herring. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 5. Also known as bandwagon fallacy, it appeals to popularity of a practice as a way to persuade. A) Ad hominem. B) Strawman. C) Ad populum. D) False analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad populum. 6. Identify the logical fallacy of this argument:It should be okay to destroy property when you are angry because angry people destroy things. A) Circular Reasoning. B) Straw Man Fallacy. C) False Cause Fallacy. D) Band Wagon Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular Reasoning. 7. Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies. A) Ad hominem. B) Red Herring. C) Moral Equivalence. D) Begging the Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad hominem. 8. Which logical fallacy uses comparison to support a conclusion in a logical argument. A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) False Analogy. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False Analogy. 9. Dr. Fauci says we need to wear masks, but Dr. Fauci is the oldest, meanest doctor around. I'm sure what he says isn't true at all. A) False Dilemma. B) Appeal to Fear. C) Personal Attack. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personal Attack. 10. Which of the following is an example of a bandwagon fallacy? A) "You should buy this car because it has the best safety features.". B) "Everyone is switching to this new phone, so it must be the best.". C) "If we allow students to redo assignments, they will never learn responsibility.". D) "You can't trust his opinion on climate change; he's not a scientist.". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Everyone is switching to this new phone, so it must be the best.". 11. Error of assuming that a claim is correct just because many people believe it A) Bandwagon. B) Appeal to authority. C) Straw man. D) Weak analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 12. "You shouldn't buy that brand of phone-no one who's serious about technology would be caught dead with it." A) Loaded Language. B) Straw Man. C) Red Herring. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Language. 13. Ghosts exist all right. Researchers have spent years trying to disprove their existence, they've failed every time. A) Non-sequitur. B) Appeal to authority. C) Appeal to ignorance. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to ignorance. 14. A conclusion based on insufficient, incomplete, or biased information A) Bandwagon. B) Hasty generalization. C) Circular reasoning. D) Mistaken causality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty generalization. 15. "You shouldn't wear those lame sneakers. Everyone who wears them is just trying too hard to look cool, but they're actually boring." A) Circular Reasoning. B) Straw Man. C) Loaded Language. D) Sweeping Generalizatin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded Language. 16. This fallacy occurs when the writer presents an arguable point as a fact that supports the argument, leading to an argument that goes around and around, with evidence making the same claim as the proposition A) Bandwagon. B) Slippery Slope. C) Either-Or. D) Begging the Question (circular logic). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begging the Question (circular logic). 17. Identify the logical fallacy:We only have two options; we can raise the minimum wage to $ 15/hour or keep it at $ 7.25/hour for another fifty years. A) Slippery Slope. B) False Dichotomy. C) False Causality. D) Red Herring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False Dichotomy. 18. Identify the logical fallacy: "Hey, my girlfriend may be high maintenance, but your girlfriend is addicted to Louboutin shoes and Tiffany's bracelets." A) Ad Hominem. B) Straw Man. C) Tu Quoque. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tu Quoque. 19. 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. 20. Which of the following is the best definition for ad hominem? A) Person A makes claim X, Person B makes an attack on Person A, Therefore A's claim is false. B) When someone's claim is considered false because their words are inconsistent with their actions. C) When Y is presented to produce fear, so claim X is true. D) A occurs before B, therefore A is the cause of B. E) Event A has occurred, so event Z will inevitably happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Person A makes claim X, Person B makes an attack on Person A, Therefore A's claim is false. 21. 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. 22. A ..... is an attempt to shift focus from the debate at hand by introducing an irrelevant point. A) Strawman. B) Hasty generalization. C) Red herring. D) Ad hominemTagsE1.8G. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red herring. 23. 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. 24. Red herring A) Use candy to distract. B) Use puppies to distract. C) When I was the governor, salary went down, but taxes also went down. D) Use lies to distract. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When I was the governor, salary went down, but taxes also went down. 25. 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. ← 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