Checkpoint 2: Logic in Practice

Review Quiz #

Test your understanding of the fallacies from Lessons 5-8:

• Hasty Generalization
• Loaded Question
• Appeal to Emotion
• Red Herring

Question 2 #

During a conversation about whether to get a family pet, a child says, “Why don’t you want me to be happy?”

Which fallacy is this?

• A. Hasty Generalization
• B. Loaded Question
• C. Appeal to Emotion
• D. Red Herring

Question 4 #

When asked why they didn’t finish their homework, a student responds, “Did you know our school’s basketball team won the championship last night?”

Which fallacy is this?

• A. Hasty Generalization
• B. Loaded Question
• C. Appeal to Emotion
• D. Red Herring