Question

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 133 (1 point)

You should never allow your son or daughter to drink even a sip of soda or pop. Once you allow him or her a seemingly innocent taste of Coca-Cola or 7-Up or Fanta, that will soon lead to downing whole cans, and then multiple cans. Pretty soon, your child will be drinking a 2-liter or two daily, perhaps without you even knowing. Your kid will end up obese, with type-2 diabetes, and refusing to drink non-sugary drinks. And then, when the thrill is gone, they'll start underage drinking, mixing booze into their soda. They'll end up an addict with kidney failure, dead before age thirty.

Question 133 options:

a)

Complex question.

b)

False cause.

c)

Argument against the person.

d)

Missing the point.

e)

No fallacy.

f)

Red Herring.

g)

Slippery slope.

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 134 (1 point)

Either you enlist in the Armed Forces or you’ll be a baby for the rest of your life. The choice is yours.

Question 134 options:

a)

False dichotomy.

b)

Missing the point.

c)

No fallacy.

d)

Appeal to ignorance.

e)

Straw man.

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 135 (1 point)

Donte just texted us to deposit the money at the "East Bank near the Folsom Bridge." So we better stash the money on the east bank of the river near the Folsom Bridge.

Question 135 options:

a)

Equivocation.

b)

Hasty Generalization.

c)

Appeal to snobbery.

d)

Suppressed Evidence

e)

Amphiboly.

f)

Begging the question.

For each of these questions, please choose the fallacy (if any) that best characterizes the argument provided in the question.

Question 136 (1 point)

Eighty years ago, Americans entertained themselves nightly with the radio in large numbers. Today, far fewer Americans listen to the radio at night. Therefore, Americans today must be far less entertained at night than their predecessors eighty years prior.

Question 136 options:

a)

Composition.

b)

Appeal to Force.

c)

Hasy Generalization.

d)

Argument against the person.

e)

Suppressed Evidence.

f)

Straw man.

g)

Appeal to the people.

Answer 1

133. The correct answer is Option G. This is the slippery slope fallacy.

134. The correct answer is Option A. This is false dichotomy.

135. The correct answer is Option E. This is amphiboly.

136. The correct answer is Option E. This is suppressed evidence.