Logical Fallacies Quiz

What is the definition of a "strawman" fallacy?

• Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.

• Assuming that what is true about one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it.

• Moving the goalposts or making up exceptions when a claim is shown to be false.

• Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits in an attempt to undermine their argument.

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Which fallacy involves asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen, so A should not happen?

• False cause

• Slippery slope

• Special pleading

• Loaded question

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What does the "ad hominem" fallacy entail?

• Attacking your opponent's character or personal traits instead of engaging with their argument.

• Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.

• Saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.

• Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

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Which fallacy is described as "moving the goalposts or making up exceptions when a claim is shown to be false"?

• Special pleading

• Bandwagon

• Genetic

• Anecdotal

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What is the "bandwagon" fallacy?

• Believing that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.

• Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.

• Assuming that what is true about one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it.

• Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms of an argument.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which fallacy involves saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true?

• Appeal to authority

• Appeal to emotion

• Appeal to nature

• Appeal to tradition

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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What does the "false cause" fallacy imply?

• Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.

• Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.

• Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms of an argument.

• Believing that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which fallacy is described as "using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth"?

• Ambiguity

• Genetic

• Anecdotal

• Loaded question

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What is the "no true scotsman" fallacy?

• Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms of an argument.

• Assuming that what is true about one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it.

• Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.

• Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

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Which fallacy involves making an argument that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good, or ideal?

• Appeal to nature

• Appeal to emotion

• Appeal to authority

• Appeal to tradition

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5