Rhetorical Fallacies Quiz

What rhetorical appeal relies on credibility and trustworthiness?

• Ethos

• Logos

• Pathos

• Hasty generalization

Which fallacy attacks the person making the argument rather than the argument itself?

• Ad hominem

• Red herring

• False dilemma

• Non-sequitur

Which fallacy involves introducing irrelevant information to distract the audience?

• Appealing to false authority

• False cause and effect

• Begging the question

• Circular reasoning

When someone presents only two options when more exist, they are using which fallacy?

• False dilemma

• Slippery slope

• Bandwagon

• Post hoc

Which fallacy suggests that because one event follows another, the first event must have caused the second?

• False cause and effect

• Hasty generalization

• Red herring

• Circular reasoning

What is the name of the fallacy that assumes something is true because it hasn't been proven false?

• Slippery slope

• False cause and effect

• Begging the question

• False dilemma

Which fallacy occurs when someone argues that because something is popular, it is good or correct?

• Bandwagon

• Ad hominem

• Post hoc

• Non-sequitur

What type of fallacy diverts the audience's attention with a false argument?

Which fallacy involves predicting one thing will lead to a chain reaction of events?

• Slippery slope

• Ad hominem

• Begging the question

• Post hoc

What is the fallacy that portrays a false correlation between two events as cause and effect?

• False cause and effect

• Non-sequitur

• False dilemma

• Bandwagon