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Quiz Chapter 5

Question 1We've all heard Dr. Singer's case against killing animals for food. But let's face it; this is America and everyone loves a good steak. If you're invited to dinner and the host is serving meat, you're going appear outright rude if you refuse to eat what you're served. What fallacy is involved here?

  Bandwagon

  Straw Man

  Scare Tactics

  Ad Hominem

 Question 2Choose the best fallacy, if there is one, for the following: Yea, I know some people say that lying is wrong. But we all know that everyone does it, so it's okay to lie. Which fallacy is being committed here?

  Bandwagon Argument

  No Fallacy

  Straw Man

  Red Herring

 Question 3Choose the best fallacy, if there is one, for the following: How can you tell me I should exercise to lose weight. All you do is sit on your coach watching TV all day. I have never seen you do a lick of exercise

  Look Who is Talking

  Scare Tactics

  Bandwagon

  Straw Man

 Question 4Choose the best fallacy, if there is one, for the following: Ladies and gentlemen of the jury: My client stands before you accused of three bank robberies. But the prosecution has not told you about five little innocent children in this story, who will have a hard time getting food on their table if their daddy goes to prison.

  Appeal to Pity

  Equivocation

  Ad Hominen Fallacy

  Look who's talking

 Question 5Sure I believe in God. People have believed in God for thousands of years so it seems clear that God must exist. After all, why else would the belief last so long? This is a fallacy of

  Look who's talking

  Appeal to Tradition

  Equivocation

  Appeal to Ignorance

 Question 6Mr. A. Theist has argued that a moment of silence in public schools would violate the separation of church and state. But have you ever met that jerk. His attacks on religion obviously stem from the fact that he's a narrow-minded bigot who never had the inclination to pray for the benefit of anyone else. In fact, just the fact that Mr. Theist opposes the proposal is enough for me to accept it. What fallacy is involved here

  Personal Attack (Ad Hominem)

  Bandwagon

  Equivocation

  No Fallacy

 Question 7Paul: Student, why did you cheat on your boy friend?

Student: Well, that dog cheated on me twice last Month.

The student is committing the fallacy of

  Two Wrongs Make a Right

  Red Herring

  Appeal to Pity

  Straw Man

 Question 8Many new software programs have bugs in them. Bugs are insects. So, many new software programs have insects in them. This "argument" contains a fallacy of

  Equivocation

  Ad Hominem

  Red Herring

  Straw Man

 Question 9Paul has borrowed one of his students' expensive pen, but found he didn't return it. He tells himself that it is okay to keep it, since the student would have taken his. Paul is committing a fallacy of

  Two Wrongs Make a Right

  Look who's talking

  Straw Man Fallacy

  Red Herring

 Question 10Look Tom, you could go to the police with your information about our questionable accounting practices here at Fayetteville. But remember, you have a family to feed. Besides, you know how rumors of this kind of disloyalty can spread through the industry. You'll never work as an accountant in this town again. This is a fallacy of

  Scare Tactics

  Straw Man

  Appeal to Pity

  Bandwagon

 Question 11Paul tells one of his students that he will get an F in this class if he (the student) does not attend classes and do all his homework. What fallacy, if any, is involved here

  No Fallacy

  Ad Hominem

  Straw Man

  Scare Tactics

 Question 12You know, I've begun to think that there is some merit in the Republican's tax cut plan. I suggest that you come up with something like it, because If we Democrats are going to survive as a party, we have got to show that we are as tough-minded as the Republicans, since that is what the public wants. This is a fallacy of

  Red Herring

  Straw Man

  Appeal to Pity

  Bandwagon

 Question 13A politician says that she is opposed to the new sodomy laws that make it illegal for consenting adult homosexuals to engage in sex acts in their own homes. Obviously she thinks that gay sex is something special and should be protected so it is allowed to take place just about everywhere. Do you want gays having sex all over town in full view of your children? The politician does, and she is dead wrong. This passage contains a fallacy of

  Straw Man

  Red Herring

  Bandwagon

  Ad Hominem

 Question 14No one has shown that santa clauses aren’t real, so they must be real. Identify the fallacy involved here.

  Red Herring

  Straw Figure

  Appeal to ignorance

  Equivocation

 Question 15We should reject that proposal for solving the current Social Security mess. It comes straight from the Republican party. Which fallacy is involved here?

  Genetic fallacy

  Appeal to tradition

  Appeal to popularity

  Two wrongs make a right

 Question 16Each member of the Brazilian Soccer team is talented and professional. Therefore, the Brazilian national team will win the FIFA world cup currently being held in Brazil.

   Division

  Composition

  Equivocation

  Appeal to Ignorance

 Question 17According to Paul: American is the richest country in the world; therefore, every citizen of American is rich. Which fallacy is being committed by Paul?

  Division

  Composition

  Ad Hominem

  Appeal to Tradition

 Question 18Identify the fallacy involved in this passage: My driving instructor, Handsome Paul Boaheng, told me that it's dangerous to drive without a seat belt. But why should I listen to him?  Last week I saw him driving without a seat belt.

  Red herring

  straw figure

  Equivocation

  look who's talking

 Question 19Skeptics have tried for centuries to prove that reincarnation is a myth, and no one has ever succeeded. Therefore, we must conclude that reincarnation is a fact. This is a fallacy of

  Appeal to Tradition

  Appeal to Popularity

  Appeal to Ignorance

  Red Herring

 Question 20Dad, I can't believe you won't let me get "I love my Critical Thinking Professor Handsome Paul" tattooed on my left buttocks. After all, I am sixteen years old, and you told me you and Mom both got your first tattoo when you were sixteen. This is a fallacy of

  Look Who is Talking

  Straw Man

  Ad Hominem

  Red Herring

 Question 21NFL Players: “We protest racial injustice and police brutality against black Americas by taking a knee during the national anthem.”

Trump: “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say “get that son of bitch off the field right now, out, he’s fired.” Which fallacy, if any, is involved here.

  Red herring

  Bandwagon

  Straw Figure

  Equivocation

 Question 22Journalist: “Mr. President, why haven’t you contacted the family of the four American Green Berets killed in an Ambush in Niger about two weeks ago?”

President Trump: “My predecessor, Barak Obama, and other presidents did not contact the families of American troops killed in duty.” Which fallacy, if any, is involved here.

  Two wrongs make a right

  Red herring

  Badwagon

  Straw figure

 

Question 23Hillary Clinton: “The fetus has no constitutional right; therefore, abortion is not murder.”

Donald Trump: “Hillary believes one can take babies and rip them out of mothers in the 9th month on the final day (i.e. just before they are born)” Which fallacy, if any, is involved here.

  Straw figure

  Red herring

  Equivocation

  Composition

 Question 24According Handsome Paul, iPhone X is better than iPhone 5S because the former (iPhone X ) is newer. Which fallacy, if any, is involved here.

  Appeal to Novelty

  Appeal to Tradition

  Appeal to Pity

  No Fallacy

 Question 25In his response video to Rosie O’Donnell having made fun of his hair, Trump said, verbatim: “Well Rosie is disgusting, both inside and out. You take a look at her and she’s a slob. She talks like a truck driver.” Which fallacy, if any, is involved here.

  Ad Hominem

  Straw figure

  Appeal to emotions

  No fallacy