ENG 108 FALLACY QUIZ 1. The following quote dates from the time of the Holocaust

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ENG 108 FALLACY QUIZ

1. The following quote dates from the time of the Holocaust and can be found in Baynes, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: "The influence of this intellectual Jewish class in Germany had everywhere a disintegrating effect" (p. 732). This is an example of

Begging the question.

2. There has been a simultaneous increase in both immigration and unemployment; therefore, immigrants are taking away American jobs. This is an example of which fallacy?

False Analogy. Scapegoating. Red Herring.

Begging the question.

2. There has been a simultaneous increase in both immigration and unemployment; therefore, immigrants are taking away American jobs. This is an example of which fallacy?

Argument from ignorance Cum Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc Red herring Appeal to pity

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The following quote dates from the time of the Holocaust and can be found in Baynes, The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: "The influence of this intellectual Jewish class in Germany had everywhere a disintegrating effect" (p. 732). This is an example of

Red Herring.

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2. There has been a simultaneous increase in both immigration and unemployment; therefore, immigrants are taking away American jobs. This is an example of which fallacy?

Cum Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

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