Determine Which Fallacy, If Any, Is Committed in the Following

question 14

Multiple Choice

Determine which fallacy, if any, is committed in the following arguments.
-Mr. Banks cancels meetings at the last minute for no reason at all. He has lately been showing up at the meetings we do have smelling of alcohol. And now he cannot account for the disappearance of over seven hundred dollars raised last year. Clearly, it is inappropriate to keep him on as scout leader.

• A) begging the question
• B) appeal to ignorance
• C) appeal to illegitimate authority
• D) ad hominem
• E) strawman
• F) red herring
• G) no fallacy committed

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