Ad Hominem

Ad Hominem

10th Grade

25 Qs

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Ad Hominem

Ad Hominem

Assessment

Quiz

English

10th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RI.8.8, RI. 9-10.8, L.11-12.6

+15

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A personal attack meant to discredit one’s opponent

Ad Hominem

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A logical fallacy that attacks the character of a person rather than his or her opinions or arguments.

Straw man

Ad hominem

Moral equivalence

Answer explanation

Ad hominem is also known as "namecalling" on the Keystone exams.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

You never even finished law school, so why should I trust you to watch my children?

Ad Hominem

Appeal to Nature

Bandwagon

Circular Reasoning

Guilt by Association

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

My opponent is an untrustworthy liar and an idiot. Therefore, you should believe me.

Hasty Generalization

Circular Reasoning

Cherry-picking the evidence

Ad Hominem

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

My opponent says he cares about the environment, but he littered when he was in middle school.

Ad Hominem

Hasty Generalization

Bandwagon

Slippery Slope

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A mother says that she does not trust her pediatrician because he has never been a mother.

Ad Hominem

Slippery Slope

False Dilemma

Bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

ad hominem

circular reasoning

straw man

red herring

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