Module 13 ENGL Quiz: Logical Fallacies
Exam Questions and Answers
Slippery Slope - Correct Answers -If you eat that cookie, you'll want another until you
eat too many cookies. Then you'll get diabetes, and you'll have to get your feet
amputated.
Circular Reasoning - Correct Answers -I really love that book because it's really great.
Straw Man - Correct Answers -You should try to stay healthy.
Hasty Generalization - Correct Answers -Lucy and Mary both say they like strawberries,
so all girls must like strawberries.
Dubious Authority - Correct Answers -I'm sure Paul Revere did fire shots and ring bells
in warning because that politician said so.
Post Hoc - Correct Answers -After I went to graduate school, my boyfriend broke up
with me. Now I wish I hadn't gone to graduate school because then he would still be
with me.
Ad Hominem - Correct Answers -I don't recommend Dr. Smith because she's caught the
flu before.
Bandwagon - Correct Answers -Millions of Americans attend football games, so I should
buy a season pass.
Faulty Analogy - Correct Answers -Arresting protestors for murder is like ignoring the
First Amendment.
Slippery Slope - Correct Answers -If I flunk tonight's assignment, my mom will get so
mad she'll throw me out of the house, and I'll die on the streets.
Post Hoc - Correct Answers -I ate pizza. Then I got sick. Eating pizza must have made
me sick.
Exam Questions and Answers
Slippery Slope - Correct Answers -If you eat that cookie, you'll want another until you
eat too many cookies. Then you'll get diabetes, and you'll have to get your feet
amputated.
Circular Reasoning - Correct Answers -I really love that book because it's really great.
Straw Man - Correct Answers -You should try to stay healthy.
Hasty Generalization - Correct Answers -Lucy and Mary both say they like strawberries,
so all girls must like strawberries.
Dubious Authority - Correct Answers -I'm sure Paul Revere did fire shots and ring bells
in warning because that politician said so.
Post Hoc - Correct Answers -After I went to graduate school, my boyfriend broke up
with me. Now I wish I hadn't gone to graduate school because then he would still be
with me.
Ad Hominem - Correct Answers -I don't recommend Dr. Smith because she's caught the
flu before.
Bandwagon - Correct Answers -Millions of Americans attend football games, so I should
buy a season pass.
Faulty Analogy - Correct Answers -Arresting protestors for murder is like ignoring the
First Amendment.
Slippery Slope - Correct Answers -If I flunk tonight's assignment, my mom will get so
mad she'll throw me out of the house, and I'll die on the streets.
Post Hoc - Correct Answers -I ate pizza. Then I got sick. Eating pizza must have made
me sick.
