EAPP QUIZ 1 - WEEK 1

Student's Name (Surname, First Name, Middle Initial)

Section

• Atienza
• Daza
• Dy-Liacco
• Leviste

1. Which fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making the argument rather than the argument itself?

• Straw Man
• Ad Hominem
• Slippery Slope
• False Dillema

2. If we allow students to use calculators in class, they'll never learn basic math skills. Then, they'll fail math in college, and then they'll never get a good job." This is an example of what fallacy?

• Hasty Generalization
• Appeal to Authority
• Slippery Slope
• Circular Reasoning

3. Hasty Generalization" occurs when a conclusion is drawn from an insufficient sample size.

• True
• False

4. The fallacy that occurs when it is assumed that what is true of a whole must also be true of its parts is called _______________.

• Division

• Composition

• Straw Man

• Loaded Question

5. Which fallacy occurs when someone claims that because a majority of people believe something, it must be true?

• Appeal to Emotion

• Appeal to Popularity

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to Ignorance