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1. Question : "China uses too much oil. So they shouldn't develop their industry" may commit which fallacy?
Student Answer: Ad populum
False dichotomy
False friend
Ad orientam
2. Question : "Julie started carrying a rabbit's foot, then she won the lottery. The rabbit's foot must have caused her to win the lottery" commits a(n)
Student Answer: ad hominem fallacy.
false cause fallacy.
strawman fallacy.
slippery slope fallacy.
3. Question : A person who is shown his or her argument commits a fallacy should
Student Answer: run screaming from the room.
argue louder.
add another fallacy.
revise the argument.
4. Question : A fallacy is an argument that
Student Answer: is a weak inductive argument.
makes a mistake in deriving a conclusion.
has a false conclusion.
is a sound inductive argument.
5. Question : "If that wasn't illegal, then it wouldn't be against the law" may commit which fallacy?
Student Answer: Begging the question
Chinese room fallacy
Slippery slope fallacy
Appeal to pity
6. Question : "My husband snores. All men must snore" commits which of these fallacies.
Student Answer: Hasty generalization
Appeal to pity
False Cause
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
7. Question : After being told that she is being punished for lying, a child responds by telling her mother that she also lied. This response may involve which fallacy?
Student Answer: Ad homimen (tu quoque)
Ad verecundiam (ex libris)
Ad misericordiam (ex ante)
Ad baculum (antebellum)
8. Question : "You should read this book. Everybody likes it so it must be good" may commit which fallacy?
Student Answer: Appeal to pity
Appeal to popularity
Appeal to parenthood
Argumentum ad librum
9. Question : "I bought a pair of shoes from that store that immediately fell apart. Their shoes are no good" may commit which fallacy?
Student Answer: Appeal to ignorance
Hasty generalization
Ad pedibus
Begging the question
10. Question : "The Senator wants to cut spending on police. I guess she doesn't care if we all get murdered" may commit which fallacy?
Student Answer: Straw man fallacy
False Cause
Appeal to popularity
No fallacy committed