Fallacy Multiple-Choice Quiz

A false information meant to throw off the reader is called:

A) Red Herring

When a person uses flattery to win support for their side of the argument, this is known as:

B) Flattery

When a person believes an event that happened before a second event must've caused the second event, they are committing:

A) Post hoc

When a person takes another’s argument, makes extreme changes, and argues with the extreme version, they are using:

C) Straw Man

A mistaken belief is known as:

B) Fallacy

When a person ignores the argument another is making to attack the person instead, this is called:

A) Ad Hominem

The belief that since an idea is popular, everyone should just adopt it is known as:

B) Bandwagon

When someone makes a claim on too little evidence, they are using:

B) Hasty Generalization

"A famous person believes it, so it must be true," or when an endorser has nothing to do with the topic of the argument, is an example of:

A) Appeal to Authority

When a person tries to discourage people from supporting the opposition by threatening violence, they are committing a:

C) Veiled Threat

When someone believes an event will lead to another worse event and so on, they are using:

A) Slippery Slope

When a person unjustly assumes a premise is true in order to prove their claim, this is an example of:

C) Begging the Claim

When a person claims there are only two sides to an argument when there are more, they are using a:

A) False Dilemma (Either/Or)

When a person accepts or rejects a claim based on its origin instead of its content, they are committing a:

C) Genetic Fallacy

When a thought or idea is connected/associated with something negative, this is known as:

A) Guilt by Association

When an argument uses evidence as part of the argument itself, this is an example of:

A) Circular Argument

When a conclusion doesn’t make sense given the evidence before it, this is an example of:

B) Non Sequitur