Q:  1.
 Question :
 A person who is shown his or her argument commits a fallacy should
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   run screaming from the room.
 
 
     argue louder.
 
 
     add another fallacy.
 
 
     revise the argument.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 2.
 Question :
 A fallacy is an argument that
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   is a weak inductive argument.
 
 
     makes a mistaken in deriving a conclusion.
 
 
     has a false conclusion.
 
 
     is a sound inductive argument.
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 3.
 Question :
 "All dogs like bones; Sirius is a dog; therefore Sirius likes bones" may commit which fallacy?
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   No fallacy committed
 
 
     Ad canem
 
 
     Slippery slope fallacy
 
 
     Begging the question
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 4.
 Question :
 "Bob is a convicted felon. So what he says cannot be true" commits a(n)
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   ad hominem fallacy.
 
 
     tu quoque fallacy.
 
 
     fallacy ad verecundiam.
 
 
     Red Herring fallacy.
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 5.
 Question :
 A student asks a teacher for a one-day extension. The teacher says if she gives a one-day extension, then she would have to give a two-day extension, then a three-day extension, and eventually not have any deadlines. This might be an example of the
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   ad hominem fallacy.
 
 
     ad baculum fallacy.
 
 
     appeal to popularity fallacy.
 
 
     slippery slope fallacy.
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 6.
 Question :
 If an argument does not commit a fallacy, it is
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   necessarily valid.
 
 
     necessarily sound.
 
 
     Not enough information to determine
 
 
     Both A and B
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 7.
 Question :
 “That coin, when flipped, will either come up heads or tails" may commit which fallacy?
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   Slippery slope fallacy
 
 
     No fallacy committed
 
 
     False dichotomy
 
 
     Begging the question
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 8.
 Question :
 "My husband snores. All men must snore" commits which of these fallacies.
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   Hasty generalization
 
 
     Appeal to pity
 
 
     False Cause
 
 
     Post hoc ergo propter hoc
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 9.
 Question :
 "Julie started carrying a rabbit's foot, then she won the lottery. The rabbit's foot must have caused her to win the lottery" commits a(n)
 
 
 
 Student Answer:
   ad hominem fallacy.
 
 
     false cause fallacy.
 
 
     strawman fallacy.
 
 
     slippery slope fallacy.
 
 
 Instructor Explanation:
 The answer can be found in Chapter Four of An Introduction to Logic.
 
 
 

 10.
 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:
   Ad homimen (tu quoque)
 
 
     Ad verecundiam (ex libris)
 
 
     Ad misericordiam (ex ante)
 
 
     Ad baculum (antebellum)