12 Angry Men Logical Fallacies UPDATED
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Juror 12: "I thought he was really sharp. I mean, the way he hammered home his points, one
by one, in logical sequence. It takes a good brain to do that. I was very impressed." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ad Hominem
Juror 10: "It's those people." I'm tellin' you they let the kids run wild up there. Well, maybe it
serves 'em right. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
Juror 4: "I think it's customary to take a preliminary vote." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 3: "I mean, let's be reasonable. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ethos
Juror 7: "Eleven men here agree. Nobody had to think twice about it, except you." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bandwagon
Juror 7: "Suppose we're wrong! Suppose this whole building fell on my head." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Slippery Slope
Juror 10: "Great. I heard a pretty good story last night. This woman comes running into the
doctor's office, stripped to the waist---" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red Herring
Juror 8: "Look, this boy's been kicked around . . . I think maybe we owe him a few words." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathos
Juror 10: "We don't owe him a thing. He got a fair trial, didn't he? What d'you think the trial
cost?" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red Herring
Juror 2: "I thought it was obvious from the word go. I mean nobody proved otherwise." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Either/Or
, Juror 3: "I have no personal feelings about this. [. . .] You can't refute facts." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Logos
Juror 10: "Listen, what about that woman across the street? If her testimony don't prove it,
nothing does." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔either/or
Juror 10: "Anyway, she looks out the window and right across the street . . . Everything fits."
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
Juror 7: "I mean, this kid is oh for five. [. . .] This is a very fine boy." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Stacking the Deck; Ad Hominem
Juror 3: "It's the kids, the way they are nowadays." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty
Generalization
Juror 3: "Listen, when I was his age I used to call my father 'Sir.' [. . . ] You ever hear a boy
call his father that anymore?" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 3: "No? Have you got any kids? [. . .] Let's get on with it." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Red Herring
Juror 1: "We decided to do it a certain way. Let's stick to what we said." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 4: "He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals. [. . .] Children
from slums backgrounds are potential menaces to society." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False Cause
Juror 8: "Everybody sounded so positive that I started to get a peculiar feeling about this
trial." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Intuition
Juror 8: "I mean, nothing is that positive." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Juror 12: "I thought he was really sharp. I mean, the way he hammered home his points, one
by one, in logical sequence. It takes a good brain to do that. I was very impressed." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ad Hominem
Juror 10: "It's those people." I'm tellin' you they let the kids run wild up there. Well, maybe it
serves 'em right. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
Juror 4: "I think it's customary to take a preliminary vote." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 3: "I mean, let's be reasonable. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ethos
Juror 7: "Eleven men here agree. Nobody had to think twice about it, except you." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Bandwagon
Juror 7: "Suppose we're wrong! Suppose this whole building fell on my head." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Slippery Slope
Juror 10: "Great. I heard a pretty good story last night. This woman comes running into the
doctor's office, stripped to the waist---" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red Herring
Juror 8: "Look, this boy's been kicked around . . . I think maybe we owe him a few words." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pathos
Juror 10: "We don't owe him a thing. He got a fair trial, didn't he? What d'you think the trial
cost?" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Red Herring
Juror 2: "I thought it was obvious from the word go. I mean nobody proved otherwise." -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Either/Or
, Juror 3: "I have no personal feelings about this. [. . .] You can't refute facts." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Logos
Juror 10: "Listen, what about that woman across the street? If her testimony don't prove it,
nothing does." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔either/or
Juror 10: "Anyway, she looks out the window and right across the street . . . Everything fits."
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
Juror 7: "I mean, this kid is oh for five. [. . .] This is a very fine boy." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Stacking the Deck; Ad Hominem
Juror 3: "It's the kids, the way they are nowadays." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty
Generalization
Juror 3: "Listen, when I was his age I used to call my father 'Sir.' [. . . ] You ever hear a boy
call his father that anymore?" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 3: "No? Have you got any kids? [. . .] Let's get on with it." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Red Herring
Juror 1: "We decided to do it a certain way. Let's stick to what we said." - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Tradition
Juror 4: "He was born in a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals. [. . .] Children
from slums backgrounds are potential menaces to society." - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔False Cause
Juror 8: "Everybody sounded so positive that I started to get a peculiar feeling about this
trial." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Appeal to Intuition
Juror 8: "I mean, nothing is that positive." - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hasty Generalization
