Critical Thinking Quiz 5
1. According to our text, tricks that do not have anything to do with the proper form or structure of an argument are called formal fallacies.
a) True.
b) False.
2. Which of these is a fallacy of ambiguity
a) 'Argumentum ad Hominem'
b) 'Petitio Principii.'
c) The Fallacy of Division.
d) The Fallacy of False Cause
e) None of the above.
3. Which fallacy is committed here?: "Don't listen to him. He is a wife-beating and spouse-cheating son of a bitch."
a) 'Argumentum ad Baculum.'
b) The Fallacy of Appealing to Force.
c) Begging the Question.
d) Gross Generalization.
e) None of the above.
4. Which fallacy is committed here?: "Some men are dogs, and all dogs are animals; so some men are animals."
a) The Fallacy of Composition.
b) 'Argumentum ad Hominem'
c) Hasty Conclusion.
d) Equivocation
e) None of the above.