Practice Quiz #3

Identify the most obvious fallacy committed by each of the following arguments.  You may give a brief explanation for your answer (on the back if necessary).

1. Every member of Congress is under 100 years old.  Therefore, Congress must be under 100 years old.

 

2. You can’t tell me to stop eating cows, you’re wearing leather shoes!

 

3. Last time I ordered a veggie burger, I lost my car keys.  I’m staying away from vegan food from now on!

 

4. We can’t know whether lobsters can suffer; therefore, eating them is perfectly morally permissible.

 

5. I’m sticking to a meat-based diet.  My piano teacher told me that vegans are protein deficient.

 

6. As the saying goes, “beauty is beneath the skin.”  Therefore, the true beauty of an apple is to be found in its core.

 

7. Any vote for Bernie Sanders was sexist, since either you supported Hilary Clinton, or you were opposed to having a woman in the oval office.

 

8. You should vote for Trump unless you want MAGA protesters to burn down your house.

 

9. Vegans are unhealthy because they chose an unhealthy diet.

 

10. My sister thinks we should stop sending money and bombs to Ukraine.  Well, isn’t that just what Putin wants us to do?  I don’t listen to Putin-puppets and lovers of all-things-Russian.