Fallacy Multiple-Choice Quiz

Fallacy Multiple-Choice Quiz

Select the correct fallacy for each definition.

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

• A) Red Herring

• B) Straw Man

• C) Circular Argument

• D) Genetic Fallacy

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

• A) Ad Hominem

• B) Flattery

• C) Authority

• D) Bandwagon

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

• A) Post hoc

• B) Slippery Slope

• C) Circular Argument

• D) Red Herring

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

• A) Ad Hominem

• B) False Dilemma

• C) Straw Man

• D) Bandwagon

5. A mistaken belief is known as:

• A) Ad Hominem

• B) Fallacy

• C) Slippery Slope

• D) Genetic Fallacy

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

• A) Ad Hominem

• B) Straw Man

• C) Slippery Slope

• D) Post Hoc

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

• A) Red Herring

• B) Bandwagon

• C) Appeal to Authority

• D) Circular Argument

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

• A) Circular Argument

• B) Hasty Generalization

• C) Post Hoc

• D) Ad Hominem

9. "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

• B) Begging the Claim

• C) Circular Argument

• D) Bandwagon

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

• A) Ad Hominem

• B) Red Herring

• C) Veiled Threat

• D) Slippery Slope

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

• A) Slippery Slope

• B) Straw Man

• C) Post Hoc

• D) Circular Argument

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

• A) Circular Argument

• B) Ad Hominem

• C) Begging the Claim

• D) Bandwagon

13. 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)

• B) Straw Man

• C) Hasty Generalization

• D) Genetic Fallacy

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

• A) Red Herring

• B) False Dilemma

• C) Genetic Fallacy

• D) Slippery Slope

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

• A) Guilt by Association

• B) Ad Hominem

• C) Slippery Slope

• D) Bandwagon

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

• A) Circular Argument

• B) Slippery Slope

• C) Red Herring

• D) Genetic Fallacy

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

• A) Red Herring

• B) Non Sequitur

• C) Straw Man

• D) Circular Argument