Fallacies Review Questions and
Answers 100% Pass
"Although Ms. Jackson has been accused of misusing government funds, she has
donated all of her income for the past three years to charity." - ✔✔STRAWMAN
Setting up an artificially easy argument to refute in place of the real issue
"Sam Smith divorced his loving wife of ten years. How could he be qualified to be
mayor?" - ✔✔AD HOMINEM
An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her
actual arguments or qualifications
"Teaching kids about sex education is like letting them loose in a candy store." -
✔✔FAULTY COMPARISON/FALSE ANALOGY
Basing an argument on simplistic comparison of two things, ideas, events, or situations
" I figured that you couldn't possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment." - ✔✔AD
HOMINEM
An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her
actual arguments or qualifications
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, "I am a good worker because Frank says so. How can we trust Frank? Simple: I will
vouch for him." - ✔✔CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
A sentence or argument that restates rather than proves
"Because I forgot to leave my porch light on, someone robbed my house." - ✔✔Faulty
Causality
Arguing that because Event B occurred after Event A, Event A caused Event B.
"You should vote for Tom Green because he stands for Canadian values." - ✔✔AD
POPULUM (bandwagon)
An emotional appeal to positive concepts or negative concepts rather than a direct
discussion of the real issue.
"We can either stop using cars or destroy the planet." - ✔✔EITHER/OR
An oversimplification that reduces alternatives to only two choices, thereby creating a
false dilemma
"Professor P. is a hard grader because he gave me a 36 on a biology test." - ✔✔HASTY
GENERALIZATION
Conclusion is not justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence
"You are so stupid your argument couldn't possibly be true. " - ✔✔AD HOMINEM
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Answers 100% Pass
"Although Ms. Jackson has been accused of misusing government funds, she has
donated all of her income for the past three years to charity." - ✔✔STRAWMAN
Setting up an artificially easy argument to refute in place of the real issue
"Sam Smith divorced his loving wife of ten years. How could he be qualified to be
mayor?" - ✔✔AD HOMINEM
An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her
actual arguments or qualifications
"Teaching kids about sex education is like letting them loose in a candy store." -
✔✔FAULTY COMPARISON/FALSE ANALOGY
Basing an argument on simplistic comparison of two things, ideas, events, or situations
" I figured that you couldn't possibly get it right, so I ignored your comment." - ✔✔AD
HOMINEM
An attack on the character of the individual or the opponent rather than his or her
actual arguments or qualifications
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, "I am a good worker because Frank says so. How can we trust Frank? Simple: I will
vouch for him." - ✔✔CIRCULAR ARGUMENT
A sentence or argument that restates rather than proves
"Because I forgot to leave my porch light on, someone robbed my house." - ✔✔Faulty
Causality
Arguing that because Event B occurred after Event A, Event A caused Event B.
"You should vote for Tom Green because he stands for Canadian values." - ✔✔AD
POPULUM (bandwagon)
An emotional appeal to positive concepts or negative concepts rather than a direct
discussion of the real issue.
"We can either stop using cars or destroy the planet." - ✔✔EITHER/OR
An oversimplification that reduces alternatives to only two choices, thereby creating a
false dilemma
"Professor P. is a hard grader because he gave me a 36 on a biology test." - ✔✔HASTY
GENERALIZATION
Conclusion is not justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence
"You are so stupid your argument couldn't possibly be true. " - ✔✔AD HOMINEM
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