This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 37 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which logical fallacy assumes that because one event follows another, the first event caused the second event? A) Sequential fallacy. B) Faulty causality fallacy. C) Causal fallacy. D) Correlation fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Faulty causality fallacy. 2. Which type of logical fallacy is going on here? Scientist:Evolution explains how animals developed, adapted and diversified over millions of years.Opponent:If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? And why don't we have three arms? Wouldn't that give me a competitive advantage? A) Card stacking. B) Begging the question. C) Red herring. D) Strawman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strawman. 3. Sometimes kids ride skateboards and fall off, breaking their arms or legs. Clearly, riding a skateboard is extremely dangerous. Don't you think skateboards should be banned? A) False Dilemma. B) Personal Attack. C) Appeal to Fear. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to Fear. 4. Which type of logical fallacy has been committed by the following argument? People who have to have a cup of coffee every morning before they can function have no less a problem than alcoholics who have to have their alcohol each day to sustain them. A) Circular reasoning. B) Hasty generalization. C) Begging the question. D) False analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False analogy. 5. "The two courses I took at OSU were not very interesting. I don't think its a good university." A) Hasty Generalization. B) Strawman. C) Bandwagon. D) Logos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty Generalization. 6. Which of the following is a slippery slope argument? A) If we ban cars in the city center, next they'll ban buses, and soon we won't be able to travel at all. B) I need to improve my grades or I won't be able to get into a good college. C) Most students who study for the test do well. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If we ban cars in the city center, next they'll ban buses, and soon we won't be able to travel at all. 7. You must follow the laws of the country because it is illegal to break the law. A) Slippery Slope. B) Either/Or. C) Circular Reasoning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Circular Reasoning. 8. Which logical fallacy is presented?"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." A) Affirming consequent. B) Denying antecedent. C) Inconsistency. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inconsistency. 9. Why is this a logical fallacy? "Don't listen to Mr. Schrute when he says don't run in the hallways. How can you trust someone who wears khaki pants?" A) It appeals to authority. B) It tells you to do something because it's popular. C) It attacks the person. D) It gives you an unlikely outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It attacks the person. 10. What does a False Analogy Fallacy present? A) Two indirectly related things being connected. B) Multiple valid options. C) An argument based on facts. D) A single, undeniable truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two indirectly related things being connected. 11. What is the logical fallacy in which someone argues that if we allow A to happen, then Z will eventually happen too, therefore A should not happen? A) Strawman. B) False cause. C) Slippery slope. D) Ad hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery slope. 12. Condemning an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it. A) Fallacy of Division. B) Circular Reasoning. C) Appeal to Authority. D) Genetic Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic Fallacy. 13. There's no way you know this-you're clearly too young to understand! A) Bandwagoning. B) Circular Argument. C) False Dilemma. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad Hominem. 14. Part B.What evidence supports your choice for part A? A) The argument misrepresents someone's position to make it easier to attack. B) The argument introduces an unrelated topic to distract from the main issue. C) The argument makes exaggerated comparisons that suggest two things areequal when they are not. D) The argument relies on feelings, such as fear or guilt, instead of evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The argument misrepresents someone's position to make it easier to attack. 15. Which fallacy involves drawing a conclusion based on insufficient evidence? A) Hasty Generalization. B) Ad Hominem. C) Circular Reasoning. D) False Authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hasty Generalization. 16. Which logical fallacy attacks the character of a person instead of arguing against their ideas? A) Ad-hominem. B) Red Herring. C) Slippery Slope. D) Strawman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad-hominem. 17. Joan is scratched by a cat while visiting her friend. Two days later she comes down with a fever. The cat caused Joan's fever. A) Post Hoc/False Cause. B) Appeal to Authority. C) Bandwagon. D) Weak Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Post Hoc/False Cause. 18. Using an argument's conclusion as a premise for proving the argument A) Slippery slope. B) Strawman. C) Ad populum. D) Circular reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular reasoning. 19. Which of the following is an example of "false authority?" A) Mary Warren accuses Goody Good of being a witch because she doesn't like her. B) Putnam accuses his neighbors of witchcraft because he wants their land. C) Hale is supposed to be an authority of witches and witchcraft. Hales signs papers that women are witches. Therefore, all those women are witches. D) Danforth leads Mary to answer questions in a way that makes him look good. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hale is supposed to be an authority of witches and witchcraft. Hales signs papers that women are witches. Therefore, all those women are witches. 20. Match the definition with the fallacy: "when you create a DISTRACTION to divert attention from the argument" A) Straw Man. B) Slippery Slope. C) Red Herring. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Herring. 21. "You don't need to get a new phone. Shouldn't you be saving your money for something important?" A) Straw Man. B) Red Herring. C) Circular Reasoning. D) Sweeping Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Herring. 22. This type of fallacy is commonly indicated with phrases such as "they say that ..... ", "studies show ..... ", "I heard that ..... ", "doctors say ..... " A) Ad hominem. B) Appeal to common belief. C) Appeal to anonymous authority. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to anonymous authority. 23. "You think we should invest more in education? You must be suggesting that we throw unlimited funds at schools without accountability." A) Ethos. B) Red Herring. C) Strawman. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strawman. 24. My job interview did not go well. I'll never get a job. A) Overgeneralization. B) Hasty generalization. C) Attack the man. D) Circular reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hasty generalization. 25. What is the name of the logical fallacy that incorrectly assumes that correlation equals causation? A) Ad Hominem. B) Red Herring. C) False Dichotomy. D) False Causality. 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