Which Fallacy of Context Is Committed by the Following Argument

question 101

Multiple Choice

Which fallacy of context is committed by the following argument? Betty threw up after she ate my chicken casserole, so it must have made her sick.

• A)hasty generalization
• B)division
• C)post hoc
• D)accident
• E)false alternative

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