Question 1

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"That's not fair! All of the other kids are going as Punk Aliens for Halloween."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man H

Question 2

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"She broke up with me because she found a guy with more money."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man I

Question 3

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"I'm having bad luck today because I broke a mirror yesterday."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man I

Question 4

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"If we let them put new warning labels on video games, pretty soon they'll be censoring books and then we'll have a fascist society."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 5

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"I'll never learn an instrument-I tried guitar for 2 months and couldn't play a tune."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 6

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Mom, I am not running around the house. I'm practicing for my track meet."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 7

The slippery slope fallacy is also known as the domino effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Mr. President, I don't want to talk about how I messed up the press conference. What I want to discuss is the fact that you're always criticizing me."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 9

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"He was accused of sexual harassment-and you know, where there's smoke, there's fire-he must have done something."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 10

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"We have to give the Andersons a present." "Why?"
"Because we do it every year."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 11

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-Don't send my husband to jail, he is the breadwinner and this will leave us destitute.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 12

Give two examples of fallacies you've heard, read, or said yourself.

Accepted Answer

One example of a fallacy I've heard is t

Question 13

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Why should we buy a cell phone?" "Because everyone else has one."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 14

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Of course you're going to be a lawyer. Your mother is a lawyer."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 15

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"The grease will help your hair grow. It helped mine to grow."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 16

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"If James doesn't come to my candidate's party, then no one will show up and then I'll have wasted all this money and my candidate will lose."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 17

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-The sign said "fine for parking here" and since it was fine, I parked there. (from Stephen's Guide to Fallacies)

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 18

Matching
For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement.
-"Since I'm going to be a billionaire, you should think about marrying me."

Accepted Answer

A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man 
A)  Ad Hominem 
B)  Slippery Slope 
C)  Faulty Analogy 
D)  False Dilemma, Either/Or 
E)  Begging the Question
F) Appeal to pity.
G) Equivocation
H) Ad Populum
I) Post Hoc-False Cause
J) Red Herring
K) Appeal to Tradition
L) Hasty Conclusion
M) Two Wrongs Make a Right
N) Straw Man

Question 19

The ad populum fallacy consists of a false appeal to.

Accepted Answer

A)  The authority of everyone 
B)  A specific group 
C)  A segregated group 
D)  The upper class 
E)  The middle class 
A)  The authority of everyone 
B)  A specific group 
C)  A segregated group 
D)  The upper class 
E)  The middle class

Question 20

The fallacy of_____is one in which only two alternatives are presented as possibilities.

Accepted Answer

A)  Two wrongs make a right 
B)  False dilemma 
C)  Begging the question 
D)  Polarized situation 
E)  Logos 
A)  Two wrongs make a right 
B)  False dilemma 
C)  Begging the question 
D)  Polarized situation 
E)  Logos

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"That's not fair! All of the other kids are going as Punk Aliens for Halloween."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"She broke up with me because she found a guy with more money."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"I'm having bad luck today because I broke a mirror yesterday."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"If we let them put new warning labels on video games, pretty soon they'll be censoring books and then we'll have a fascist society."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"I'll never learn an instrument-I tried guitar for 2 months and couldn't play a tune."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Mom, I am not running around the house. I'm practicing for my track meet."

The slippery slope fallacy is also known as the domino effect.

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Mr. President, I don't want to talk about how I messed up the press conference. What I want to discuss is the fact that you're always criticizing me."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"He was accused of sexual harassment-and you know, where there's smoke, there's fire-he must have done something."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"We have to give the Andersons a present." "Why?" "Because we do it every year."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -Don't send my husband to jail, he is the breadwinner and this will leave us destitute.

Give two examples of fallacies you've heard, read, or said yourself.

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Why should we buy a cell phone?" "Because everyone else has one."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Of course you're going to be a lawyer. Your mother is a lawyer."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"The grease will help your hair grow. It helped mine to grow."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"If James doesn't come to my candidate's party, then no one will show up and then I'll have wasted all this money and my candidate will lose."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -The sign said "fine for parking here" and since it was fine, I parked there. (from Stephen's Guide to Fallacies)

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Since I'm going to be a billionaire, you should think about marrying me."

The ad populum fallacy consists of a false appeal to.

The fallacy of_____is one in which only two alternatives are presented as possibilities.

Foundations of Arguments

Values and Ethics

Reality Assumptions

Inductive Arguments

Inductive Generalizations

The Power of Language

Suggestion in Media

Fair-Mindedness

Persuasive Speaking

Filters

Exam 6: Reasoning Errors

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"That's not fair! All of the other kids are going as Punk Aliens for Halloween."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"She broke up with me because she found a guy with more money."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"I'm having bad luck today because I broke a mirror yesterday."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"If we let them put new warning labels on video games, pretty soon they'll be censoring books and then we'll have a fascist society."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"I'll never learn an instrument-I tried guitar for 2 months and couldn't play a tune."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Mom, I am not running around the house. I'm practicing for my track meet."

The slippery slope fallacy is also known as the domino effect.

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Mr. President, I don't want to talk about how I messed up the press conference. What I want to discuss is the fact that you're always criticizing me."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"He was accused of sexual harassment-and you know, where there's smoke, there's fire-he must have done something."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"We have to give the Andersons a present." "Why?" "Because we do it every year."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -Don't send my husband to jail, he is the breadwinner and this will leave us destitute.

Give two examples of fallacies you've heard, read, or said yourself.

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Why should we buy a cell phone?" "Because everyone else has one."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Of course you're going to be a lawyer. Your mother is a lawyer."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"The grease will help your hair grow. It helped mine to grow."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"If James doesn't come to my candidate's party, then no one will show up and then I'll have wasted all this money and my candidate will lose."

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -The sign said "fine for parking here" and since it was fine, I parked there. (from Stephen's Guide to Fallacies)

Matching For the following, match the correct fallacy to the statement. -"Since I'm going to be a billionaire, you should think about marrying me."

The ad populum fallacy consists of a false appeal to.

The fallacy of_____is one in which only two alternatives are presented as possibilities.

Foundations of Arguments

Values and Ethics

Reality Assumptions

Inductive Arguments

Inductive Generalizations

The Power of Language

Suggestion in Media

Fair-Mindedness

Persuasive Speaking

Filters