This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Logic > Logical Fallacies – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Logical Fallacies Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a straw man argument? A) An argument that intentionally misrepresents the opposition in order to make it easier to disprove. B) An argument that avoids the original point of contention and tries to distract from the point being debated. C) An argument that draws conclusions from a small sample size and applies those conclusions too broadly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An argument that intentionally misrepresents the opposition in order to make it easier to disprove. 2. Regime vs. governmentPro-death vs. pro-choice A) Slippery slope. B) Ad hominem. C) Red herring. D) Loaded language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded language. 3. Identify the logical fallacy: "Yeah, Marc is really smart. That's why he's so intelligent." A) Tu Quoque. B) Hasty generalization. C) Ad Hominem. D) Begging the Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Begging the Question. 4. Bandwagon A) Follow the cool crowd to The Gap. B) Follow me because i'm the most popular in school. C) Follow the smartest person. D) Follow the person with the most money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Follow the cool crowd to The Gap. 5. What logical fallacy is being committed when someone argued that a claim is true because it is natural or aligns with the laws of nature? A) Appeal to tradition. B) Appeal to nature. C) Genetic. D) Personal incredulity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeal to nature. 6. She is good at writing because she writes words effectively." A) Circular reasoning. B) Transfer. C) Anecdote. D) Faulty cause and effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circular reasoning. 7. Don't let your cousin borrow $ 10 because then he'll be asking you for money every day. A) Bandwagon. B) Strawman. C) Slippery slope. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slippery slope. 8. People either like coffee or hate it. A) Ad Populum. B) Either/Or. C) Red herring. D) Moral Equivalence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Either/Or. 9. Which fallacy is being used here? "My opponent claims that video games cause an increase in violence, but he's gotten three parking tickets for speeding in the past year." A) Begging the Question. B) Bandwagon. C) Appeal to Authority. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ad Hominem. 10. Which fallacy is being used here? "My opponent says that regulation is good, but what they mean is that total governmental control is good. This is just ridiculous!" A) False Cause. B) Slippery Slope. C) Straw Man. D) Ad Hominem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Straw Man. 11. Identify the logical fallacy of this argument:When flowers bloom in the spring, birds also begin to sing. The flowers must cause the birds to sing. A) Circular Reasoning. B) Straw Man Fallacy. C) False Cause Fallacy. D) Band Wagon Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) False Cause Fallacy. 12. "People are like dogs. They respond best to discipline." A) Circular Reasoning. B) False Dichotomy. C) Hasty Generalization. D) False Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False Analogy. 13. Louise is running for class president. In her campaign speech she says, "My opponent does not deserve to win. She is a smoker and she cheated on her boyfriend last year." What fallacy has Louise committed? A) Ad hominem. B) Straw man. C) Red Herring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad hominem. 14. Identify the red herring fallacy in the following sentences: A) Why are we worried about school uniforms? We should be talking about how expensive college is. B) If you want to do well on the test, you need to study every day. C) That's not true because I read a book that said the opposite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why are we worried about school uniforms? We should be talking about how expensive college is. 15. "When asked about pollution levels, a politician started discussing the importance of a strong economy." What logical fallacy is this? A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) Ethos. D) False Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Herring. 16. Attacks the arguer instead of the argument A) Slippery slope. B) False dilemma. C) Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man. D) Straw man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man. 17. An attack or reaction to the person rather than the person's point/argument A) Ad hominem. B) Bandwagon. C) Circular reasoning. D) Either/or. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ad hominem. 18. "The Cardinals are the best football team because they're better than all the other teams." A) Sweeping generalization. B) Circular reasoning. C) Straw man. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Circular reasoning. 19. What does "ad hominem" mean in Latin? A) Against the argument. B) Against the man. C) Against the idea. D) Against the evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Against the man. 20. "I deserve to have a later curfew, so you should let me stay out until 10pm!" A) Red Herring. B) Straw Man. C) False Analogy. D) Circular Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular Reasoning. 21. Now think about it. There's some folks who've said, well, this is a government takeover of health care. We've got public universities and private universities; nobody says that we're taking over private colleges. A) Circular Reasoning. B) Sweeping Generalizations. C) Stereotypes. D) Loaded Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loaded Language. 22. Arguing that something is true simply because most people believe it A) Bandwagon. B) Appeal to authority. C) Begging the claim. D) Hasty generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bandwagon. 23. "Almost everyone at my school will be at the party Friday night. It must be the right thing to do." A) Appeal to Authority. B) Equivocation. C) Appeal to Pity. D) Bandwagon Fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bandwagon Fallacy. 24. Occurs when two or more points are rolled into one and the reader is expected to accept or reject both at the same time, when one point may be satisfactory while the other is not A) SLIPPERY SLOPE. B) APPEAL TO FORCE. C) COMPLEX QUESTION. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) COMPLEX QUESTION. 25. Identify the logical fallacy of this argument:Everyone goes to Starbucks for coffee so their coffee must be the best. A) Band Wagon Appeal. B) False Cause Fallacy. C) Straw Man Fallacy. D) Circular Reasoning. 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