Logical Fallacies Quiz

What is an Ad hominem fallacy?

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Attacking one's character rather than the issue

What does the Appeal to False Authority fallacy involve?

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Attacking one's character rather than the issue

• Drawing the conclusion that one event caused another

What is the Bandwagon Fallacy?

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Comparing things that are similar in some ways, but not where it matters most

• When evidence merely says that the reasoning is because others do or like it

What does Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning mean?

• Affirming the claim in a circular manner that essentially supports itself

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Attacking one's character rather than the issue

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

What is the Either/Or Fallacy?

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Drawing the conclusion that one event caused another

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

What is a Faulty Analogy?

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Comparing things that are similar in some ways, but not where it matters most

What does Faulty Causality involve?

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Drawing the conclusion that when two events happen close together one has caused the other

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

What is a Hasty Generalization?

• Making a claim based on one or two examples that may not be relevant to the claims or subject

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Drawing the conclusion that one event caused another

What does the Slippery Slope fallacy suggest?

• Arguments that proclaim that one incident will start a chain of events leading to devastating results

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

What is an example of Vagueness, Evasions, Misstatements?

• Making a claim based on one or two examples

• Using a source quote from someone who is not an expert in the field

• Reducing complex arguments to simply right/wrong

• Misstatements often take a quote out of context to 'prove' a point