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Quiz: Fallacies
Quiz questions:
1. Which fallacy is present when someone argues: "No one has proven that aliens don't exist, so they must exist"?
- a) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- b) Argumentum ad ignorantiam
- c) Petitio principii
- d) False dichotomy
2. A politician says: "My opponent smoked marijuana in his youth, so you shouldn't take his economic plan seriously." Which fallacy is this?
- a) Ad hominem
- b) Straw man
- c) Red herring
- d) Slippery slope
3. "If we introduce a speed limit on motorways, we will soon live in a totalitarian state in which every aspect of our life is regulated." Which fallacy is this?
- a) Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- b) False dichotomy
- c) Slippery slope
- d) Argumentum ad baculum
4. Which of the following is a formal fallacy?
- a) Straw man
- b) Affirming the consequent
- c) Argumentum ad populum
- d) Complex question
5. "All the parts of this computer are cheap. So the computer is cheap." Which fallacy is present here?
- a) Division
- b) Composition
- c) Equivocation
- d) Amphiboly
Answers:
- b) Argumentum ad ignorantiam
- a) Ad hominem
- c) Slippery slope
- b) Affirming the consequent
- b) Composition