Week 3 Fallacies Quiz
Instructions | This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in Chapter 11. Be sure you are in Chapter 11 when you take the quiz. | * Question 1
5 out of 5 points | | | Officer, please excuse my going over the speed limit, but my mother is ill and I'm being audited by the IRS, and I don't know how I can meet all my bills.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Appeal to pity | Correct Answer: | Appeal to pity | | | | * Question 2
5 out of 5 points | | | Congress shouldn't bother to consult major universities about educational appropriations. As members of educational establishment, they will naturally want as much money for education as they think they can get.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Ad hominem | Correct Answer: | Ad hominem | | | | | * Question 3
5 out of 5 points | | | Environmentalists are continually harping about the dangers of nuclear power. Unfortunately, electricity is dangerous no matter where it comes from. Every year hundreds of people are electrocuted by accident. Since most of these accidents are caused by carelessness, they could be avoided if people would just exercise greater caution.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Red herring | Correct Answer: | Red herring | | | | | * Question 4
5 out of 5 points | | | Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately, these projects have been tried in the past and have failed. In no time they turn into ghettos with astronomical rates of crime and delinquency. Chicago's Cabrini-Green is a prime example. Clearly, these humanitarian arguments are not what they seem.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Straw man | Correct Answer: | Straw man | | | | | * Question 5
5 out of 5 points | | | This administration is not anti-German, as it has been alleged. Germany is
5 out of 5 points | | | Officer, please excuse my going over the speed limit, but my mother is ill and I'm being audited by the IRS, and I don't know how I can meet all my bills.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Appeal to pity | Correct Answer: | Appeal to pity | | | | * Question 2
5 out of 5 points | | | Congress shouldn't bother to consult major universities about educational appropriations. As members of educational establishment, they will naturally want as much money for education as they think they can get.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Ad hominem | Correct Answer: | Ad hominem | | | | | * Question 3
5 out of 5 points | | | Environmentalists are continually harping about the dangers of nuclear power. Unfortunately, electricity is dangerous no matter where it comes from. Every year hundreds of people are electrocuted by accident. Since most of these accidents are caused by carelessness, they could be avoided if people would just exercise greater caution.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Red herring | Correct Answer: | Red herring | | | | | * Question 4
5 out of 5 points | | | Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately, these projects have been tried in the past and have failed. In no time they turn into ghettos with astronomical rates of crime and delinquency. Chicago's Cabrini-Green is a prime example. Clearly, these humanitarian arguments are not what they seem.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Straw man | Correct Answer: | Straw man | | | | | * Question 5
5 out of 5 points | | | This administration is not anti-German, as it has been alleged. Germany is