Logical Fallacies Multiple Choice Quiz
To help me study for English class.
- 1.Drawing a larger conclusion than the evidence supports All robin have red breasts; men don’t cry
- A.
Over generalizing (hasty/faulty generalization)
- B.
Card Stacking
- C.
Ad Ignorantium
- D.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
- 2.Selecting only data that supports your own point of view President Clinton being a moral man, being married and loving his daughter; talking about the Bible; going to church
- A.
Over generalizing (hasty/faulty generalization)
- B.
Card Stacking
- C.
Ad Ignorantium
- D.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
- 3.Based on ignorance—something is true because can’t prove otherwise You can’t prove your candidate will win, so I assume he won’t
- A.
Over generalizing (hasty/faulty generalization)
- B.
Card Stacking
- C.
Ad Ignorantium
- D.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
- 4.After this, therefore because of this The milk was left out all night and was spoiled. It should have been put in the refrigerator
- A.
Over generalizing (hasty/faulty generalization)
- B.
Card Stacking
- C.
Ad Ignorantium
- D.
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
- 5.“stick” or “club”—appeal to force Our gang will beat up anyone who doesn’t vote our way
- A.
Ad Baculum
- B.
Ad Hominem
- C.
Fallacy of Opposition
- D.
Genetic fallacy
- E.
Guilt by Association
- 6.“To the person”—attacks the person presenting the argument Researchers are frauds who don’t earn their salaries
- A.
Ad Baculum
- B.
Ad Hominem
- C.
Fallacy of Opposition
- D.
Genetic fallacy
- E.
Guilt by Association
- 7.Type of ad homonern—assumes that what comes from the opposition must be wrong and harmful atheists favor cloning, so cloning is wrong
- A.
Ad Baculum
- B.
Ad Hominem
- C.
Fallacy of Opposition
- D.
Genetic fallacy
- E.
Guilt by Association
- 8.Where an idea comes from affects its validity He’s just a psychology teacher at a community college
- A.
Ad Baculum
- B.
Ad Hominem
- C.
Fallacy of Opposition
- D.
Genetic fallacy
- E.
Guilt by Association
- 9.Your friends are your friends because you are alike A person hanging out in a bar will be an alcoholic
- A.
Ad Baculum
- B.
Ad Hominem
- C.
Fallacy of Opposition
- D.
Genetic fallacy
- E.
Guilt by Association
- 10.Appeal to pity (legit or manipulative) I’ve been absent—grandmother died—stroke two years ago
- A.
Ad Misèricordiam
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Bandwagon
- D.
Plain Folks and Snob Appeal
- E.
Ad Verecumdiam
- 11.Argument to the people—ideas are right because popular Vietnam War—America, love it or leave it
- A.
Ad Misèricordiam
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Bandwagon
- D.
Plain Folks and Snob Appeal
- E.
Ad Verecumdiam
- 12.Form of ad populum—appeal to peer pressure and group identity Six million read a paper—must be excellent
- A.
Ad Misèricordiam
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Bandwagon
- D.
Plain Folks and Snob Appeal
- E.
Ad Verecumdiam
- 13.Should follow ordinary folks OR should follow sophisticated Good old brown soap gets you really clean Real education at Harvard
- A.
Ad Misèricordiam
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Bandwagon
- D.
Plain Folks and Snob Appeal
- E.
Ad Verecumdiam
- 14.Inappropriate use of authority MJ is good athlete; will be good source of info on economy
- A.
Ad Misèricordiam
- B.
Ad populum
- C.
Bandwagon
- D.
Plain Folks and Snob Appeal
- E.
Ad Verecumdiam
- 15.irrelevant point or side issue that leads away from the argument Perhaps right about integration and busing, but what about the safety on the buses?
- A.
Red Herring
- B.
Weak Opponent
- C.
Tu Quoque
- D.
Oversimplification
- 16.Might be imaginary, but opponent is made of straw or invented so you can attack without fear of retaliation—no specifics Senators are no good; waste time and money
- A.
Red Herring
- B.
Weak Opponent
- C.
Tu Quoque
- D.
Oversimplification
- 17.you did it, too; guilty of the same crime Dad drank at parties, too
- A.
Red Herring
- B.
Weak Opponent
- C.
Tu Quoque
- D.
Oversimplification
- 18.Overlooks complexity in argument Students are poor writers because they watch too much TV
- A.
Red Herring
- B.
Weak Opponent
- C.
Tu Quoque
- D.
Oversimplification
- 19.Doubt—more than one meaning We had a dog for dinner; also, vague pronoun reference
- A.
Amphibole
- B.
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
- C.
Equivocation
- D.
Loaded Language
- E.
False Analogy
- 20.not answering the question We know God exists because he made everything
- A.
Amphibole
- B.
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
- C.
Equivocation
- D.
Loaded Language
- E.
False Analogy
- 21.Quibbling over the meaning of words I didn’t steal your pen—I borrowed it
- A.
Amphibole
- B.
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
- C.
Equivocation
- D.
Loaded Language
- E.
False Analogy
- 22.Question is pernicious—loaded to get prejudicial answer Do you still beat your wife?
- A.
Amphibole
- B.
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
- C.
Equivocation
- D.
Loaded Language
- E.
False Analogy
- 23.Because alike in one way, alike in several FDR was a mighty engine pulling country out of desert of Great Depression
- A.
Amphibole
- B.
Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning
- C.
Equivocation
- D.
Loaded Language
- E.
False Analogy
- 24.Choice between two alternative which are unpleasant Pay taxes or go to jail
- A.
False Dilemma (Either/or)
- B.
Non Sequitur
- C.
Rationalization
- D.
Reductio Ad Absurdum
- E.
Slippery Slope
- 25.It does not follow—leaps Photo shows flying saucer; aliens must have visited Earth
- A.
False Dilemma (Either/or)
- B.
Non Sequitur
- C.
Rationalization
- D.
Reductio Ad Absurdum
- E.
Slippery Slope
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