Week 3 Quiz

1. Question :
A fallacy is an argument that

CORRECT makes a mistake in deriving a conclusion. has a false conclusion. is a sound inductive argument.

2. 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: CORRECT Ad hominem (tu quoque) Ad verecundiam (ex libris) INCORRECT Ad misericordiam (ex ante) Ad baculum (antebellum)

3. Question :
“That coin, when flipped, will either come up heads or tails" may commit which fallacy?

CORRECT No fallacy committed INCORRECT False dichotomy Begging the question

4. Question :
"If that wasn't illegal, then it wouldn't be against the law" may commit which fallacy?

Student Answer: CORRECT Begging the question Chinese room fallacy Slippery slope fallacy Appeal to pity

5. Question :
If an argument does not commit a fallacy, it is . necessarily sound. CORRECT Not enough information to determine INCORRECT Both A and B

6. Question :
"China uses too much oil. So they shouldn't develop their industry" may commit which fallacy?

Student Answer: Ad populum CORRECT False dichotomy False friend Ad orientam

7. Question :
"You should read this book. Everybody likes it so it must be good" may commit which fallacy?

Student Answer: Appeal to pity CORRECT Appeal to popularity Appeal to parenthood Argumentum ad librum

8. Question :
"My husband snores. All men must snore" commits which of these fallacies.

Student Answer: CORRECT Hasty generalization Appeal to pity False Cause Post hoc ergo propter hoc

9. Question :
"After the asteroid hit the earth, there was a tornado. So the asteroid caused the tornado" might commit which fallacy?

INCORRECT Begging the question CORRECT False cause Loaded question

10. Question :
"Bob is a convicted felon. So what he says cannot be true" commits a(n) Student Answer: CORRECT ad hominem fallacy. tu quoque fallacy. fallacy ad verecundiam. Red Herring fallacy.