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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 4 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ believed that mind and reality were abstract and a single process, humans use their ideas to cope in their environment.
(a) Charles Pierce.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) William James.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

2. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Polytheism.
(c) Polygenism.
(d) Monogenism.

3. _________ states that the government is created by individuals for the purpose of protecting those individuals.
(a) Liberal Individualism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Transcendent Unity.
(d) Conservative Individualism.

4. In 1903, James published a book entitled _________.
(a) The Origin of the Species.
(b) The Will to Believe.
(c) Studies of Logical Theory.
(d) The Varieties of Religious Experience.

5. William James believed that people have beliefs because the object of belief has been shown to have _________.
(a) Consequences.
(b) Value.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Colors.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.

2. James felt that pragmatism was the philosophy of __________.

3. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.

4. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

5. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.

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