Logical Fallacies:   A "Mock" Quiz:
Identify the logical fallacies in the following arguments.

 

  1. I owned a Ford once and it broke down on me. They are terrible cars and I will never buy one again.

 

  1. Did you enjoy breaking your aunt's heart by being late for dinner?

 

  1. Why shouldn't I make fun of my boss? Look at all the abuse I take from her!

 

  1. Why would you want to hear him speak? He's a flaming liberal who doesn't care about anything except saving trees in the rain forest.

 

  1. I've been working at the same video store for the last 2 years and I only make $5.95 an hour! My boss is such a cheap jerk!

 

  1. Those James Bond movies are so predictable--if you've seen one, you've seen them all!

 

  1. Sure, he's opposed to banning handguns--he's a bullet manufacturer!

 

  1. If you love your family, you'll buy this new stealth security system.

 

  1. I walked under a ladder yesterday. That's why I failed my exam.

 

  1. "If it's got to be clean, it's got to be Tide."

 

  1. Do you understand why you need to be punished?

 

  1. "We admit that this measure is popular. But we also urge you to note that there are so many bond issues on this ballot that the whole thing is getting ridiculous."

 

  1. Bill has borrowed Jane's expensive pen, but found he didn't return it. He tells himself that it is okay to keep it, since she would have taken his.

 

  1. "Senator Jones says that we should not fund the attack submarine program. I disagree entirely. I can't understand why he wants to leave us defenseless like that."

 

  1. "We have to stop the tuition increase! The next thing you know, they'll be charging $40,000 a semester!"

 

 

  1. "If such actions were not illegal, then they would not be prohibited by the law.

 

  1. Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

 

  1. "Trees are green; therefore human beings enjoy spinach.

 

  1. "Death is a subject of utmost gravity. Gravity is what keeps us from falling off the Earth. Thus, death is primarily what keeps us from falling off the Earth."

 

  1. If Madame Curie had not happened to leave a photographic plate in a drawer with a chunk of pitchblende, the world today would not know about radium.

 

  1. There should be no "moment of silence" in schools: it discriminates against certain religions, causes unnecessary controversy, takes away from study time, and mixes church and state.

 

  1. "That man you're accusing of murder cannot be guilty; he's the sweetest man alive."

 

  1. "Isaac Newton, one of history's greatest geniuses, was convinced of the validity of astrology. But you, a stable boy, will not accept this ancient science. Who do you think you are?"

 

  1. "You stay the hell away from my daughter, you creep! I know exactly what sex maniacs you Swedes are. You animal! My daughter is going to marry a Turkish man, and that's the end of it!"

 

  1. Smoking is causing air pollution in Las Vegas.

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