Logical Fallacies Quiz

Which fallacy is committed when someone argues that a theory must be true because it cannot be proven false?

• Ad verecundiam fallacy

• Hasty generalization fallacy

• Ad ignorantiam fallacy

• Ad consequentiam fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when the truthfulness of a proposition is linked to the authority of the person who defends it?

• Anecdotal fallacy

• Ad hominem fallacy

• Middle Ground Fallacy

• Ad verecundiam fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when the validity of an idea depends on whether what can be inferred from it is desirable or undesirable?

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy

• Straw man fallacy

• Ad consequentiam fallacy

• Ad hominem fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when someone generalizes from a particular case without taking into account individual differences or environmental influences?

• Tu quoque fallacy

• Hasty generalization fallacy

• Fallacy of composition

• Ad populum fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when someone appeals to popular opinion or the sentiment of the majority to support a statement?

• Anecdotal fallacy

• Middle Ground Fallacy

• Ad hominem fallacy

• Ad populum fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when one phenomenon is assumed to cause another simply because it occurs after it?

• Ad ignorantiam fallacy

• Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy

• Straw man fallacy

• Ad consequentiam fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when someone attributes the properties of its parts to the whole, or vice versa?

• Fallacy of composition

• Anecdotal fallacy

• Tu quoque fallacy

• Ad verecundiam fallacy

Which fallacy is committed when someone commits the error of reasoning based on false, irrelevant, or misleading ideas that do not allow a valid conclusion to be reached?

• Non-formal fallacy

• Ad hominem fallacy

• Straw man fallacy

• Hasty generalization fallacy