ENG102

First-Year Composition

Lesson 4: Fallacy Quiz

Your assignment consists of 10 multiple-choice questions.
Each question is worth 5 points for a total of 50 points.

Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to
submitting. Once you click the submit button, you will not be able to return to
this section.

Question

1of 10

Logical fallacies abuse the power of ethos appeals

True

False

Question

2of 10

Either you have a Facebook account, or you’re destined to be
friendless for the rest of your life. This is an example of a

Poisoning
the Well fallacy.

Bandwagon
fallacy.

Non
Sequitur fallacy.

Either/or
fallacy.

Question

3of 10

“You’re a reasonable man. You’ll have to vote for
Candidate X. He’s a reasonable man like you.” This is an example of a
stereotype fallacy

True

False

Question

4of 10

The following quote is from a 2005 speech given by futurist
James Kunstler: “No combination of alternative fuel systems currently
known will allow us to run what we are running, the way we’re running it, or
even a substantial fraction of it.” This is an example of

Group
think.

False
cause/effect.

Hasty
generalization.

Flattery.

Question

5of 10

In his 2007 book, The Cult of the Amateur, Andrew Keen
states, “[Wikipedia] is the blind leading the blind—infinite monkeys
providing infinite information for infinite readers, perpetuating the cycle of
misinformation and ignorance” (p. 4). This is an example of

Ad Hominem.

Slippery
Slope.

Begging
the Question.

Non
Sequitur.

Question

6of 10

Person A: National healthcare works pretty well in Canada.

Person B: Well, this is the USA. Why don’t you move to
Canada if you like it so much?

Person B’s comment shows what fallacy?

Slippery
slope

Argument
by dismissal

Group
Think

False
Authority

Question

7of 10

The issue with historic preservation is that it is a kind of
plague led by constitutional terrorists that slowly strips away and kills the
property rights of the people who should be able to do what they want with
their homes. This is an example of what fallacy?

Appeal
to pity

Argument
by Emotive Language

Begging
the question

Flattery

Question

8of 10

It is a crime to eat lamb for dinner. I once had a pet lamb
and it was so cute. It made cute noises and licked me, just like a dog. You
wouldn’t eat a dog, would you? This is an example of which fallacy?

Argument
by dismissal

Self-contradiction

Appeal
to pity

Bandwagon

Question

9of 10

There are aliens on Pluto. Seriously, it’s a fact! There
hasn’t been any evidence shown that proves otherwise, has there? This is an
example of which fallacy?

Appeal
to nature

Straw
Man

Slippery
slope

Argument
from ignorance

Question

10of 10

There has been a simultaneous increase in both immigration
and unemployment; therefore, immigrants are taking away American jobs. This is
an example of which fallacy?

Argument
from ignorance

Cum
Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Red
herring

Appeal
to pity

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