Informal Fallacy Quiz Form
Test your ability to recognize informal fallacies in arguments.
Which fallacy is committed in the following statement? "If we allow students to redo assignments, soon they’ll expect to retake every test, and eventually, academic standards will disappear."
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Slippery Slope
Straw Man
Ad Hominem
Appeal to Authority
Select the fallacy illustrated: "You shouldn’t listen to her argument about climate change because she’s not a scientist."
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Ad Hominem
False Cause
Red Herring
Begging the Question
Which fallacy best describes this argument? "Either we ban cars in the city center, or pollution will never decrease."
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False Dilemma
Appeal to Ignorance
Hasty Generalization
Circular Reasoning
Identify the fallacy: "My friend got sick after eating at that restaurant, so the food there must be bad."
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Hasty Generalization
Appeal to Emotion
False Analogy
Appeal to Tradition
Which fallacy is present? "If you don’t support the new policy, you must hate progress."
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False Dichotomy
Appeal to Popularity
Post Hoc
Straw Man
What type of fallacy is this? "Everyone says this brand is the best, so it must be true."
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Appeal to Popularity
Appeal to Force
False Cause
Equivocation
Fill in the blank: The fallacy in which a person misrepresents someone’s argument to make it easier to attack is called __________.
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Fill in the blank: Concluding that one event caused another simply because it happened earlier is known as the __________ fallacy.
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Which fallacy is committed? "We should not trust his opinion on technology because he’s old."
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Ad Hominem
Appeal to Fear
Circular Reasoning
False Cause
Select the fallacy: "If we don’t increase the budget, the project will fail."
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False Dilemma
Appeal to Emotion
Straw Man
Appeal to Authority
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