Fallacy Quizzes

Click on these websites to test your knowledge of Logical Fallacies:

http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz2814762039ae8.html

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=logical-fallacies-quiz

Then identify the following fallacies if you know the name or say why it is a fallacy:

a. Since scientists cannot prove that global warming will occur, it probably won't.

b. Most people believe that Hillary Clinton is a liar; therefore you shouldn't vote for her. 

c. If we pass laws against fully automatic weapons, then it won't be  long before we pass laws on all weapons, and then we will begin to restrict other rights, and finally we will end up living in a communist state. Thus, we should not ban fully automatic weapons.

d. A book is pornographic if and only if it contains pornography.
 
e. We should not believe President Clinton when he claims not to have had sex with Monica Lewinsky.  After all, he's a liar.

f.  Fred, the Australian, stole my wallet. Thus, all Australians are thieves.

g. Satanist Quarterly reports that 87% of Americans are atheists.  Therefore, there is no god.

h. Immigration to California from Mexico increased. Soon after, the welfare rolls increased. Therefore, the increased immigration caused the increase in welfare rolls.  

i. Protesting against racial injustice only causes more of it to occur.

j. The car accident would not have occurred if the parking meter had not gotten in the way.

k. All of those movie stars are really rude. I asked Ryan Gosling for his autograph in a restaurant once, and he told me to get lost,

l. What's the big deal about the early pioneers killing a few Indians in order to settle the West? After all, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

m. Either you buy a large car and watch it guzzle away your paycheck, or you buy a small car and take a greater risk of being injured or killed in the event of an accident.

n. There is no reason to listen to the arguments of those who oppose school prayer, for they are the arguments of atheists!

o. If the Supreme Court allows abortion, next thing you know they'll allow euthanasia, and it won't be long before society disposes of all those persons whom it deems undesirable.

p. I wore my lucky red shirt when I took the test, so that is probably why I did so well on the test.

q. Guns are like hammers—they're both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone. And yet it would be ridiculous to restrict the purchase of hammers—so restrictions on purchasing guns are equally ridiculous.

r. Grading this exam on a curve would be the most fair thing to do. After all, classes go more smoothly when the students and the professor are getting along well.

s. You should fly an American flag off your front porch.  It’s the patriotic thing to do.

t. I'm moving to Connecticut because it is the richest state in the nation and I'm tired of being poor.

u. If you do poorly in Ms. Lawrynovicz’s class, you will start doing poorly in other classes too. The first thing you know, you'll end up on probation, and then you will get kicked out of college. Without a college degree, you won't get a good job, and you'll starve to death. So you had better do well in Ms. Lawrynovicz’s class.

v. Why should you feel guilty for seeking your own happiness when that's what everyone else is doing, too?

w. A recent Time Warner commercial suggested that you should stick with cable because “DirectTV hates puppies.”

x. "We should clean out the closets. They are getting a bit messy." 

    "Why, we just went through those closets last year. Do we have to clean them out every day?" 

    "I never said anything about cleaning them out every day. You just want to keep all your junk forever, which is just        ridiculous."