Fallacies

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:

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• A) Red Herring

• B) Non Sequitur

• C) Straw Man

• D) Circular Argument

1. A) Red Herring

2. B) Flattery

3. A) Post hoc

4. C) Straw Man

5. B) Fallacy

6. A) Ad Hominem

7. B) Bandwagon

8. B) Hasty Generalization

9. A) Appeal to Authority

10. C) Veiled Threat

11. A) Slippery Slope

12. C) Begging the Claim

13. A) False Dilemma (Either/Or)

14. C) Genetic Fallacy

15. A) Guilt by Association

16. A) Circular Argument

17. B) Non Sequitur