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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _________ was a good friend of John Dewey and helped him to see her perspective of people through her experience at the house.
(a) George Herbert Mead.
(b) Jane Addams.
(c) Florence Kelley.
(d) Ellen Gates Starr.

2. __________ states that since there is no unknown variable, the measurement is likely to be between the two extremes.
(a) The Law of Statistics.
(b) The Law of Probability.
(c) The Bell Curve Law.
(d) The Law of Errors.

3. 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.

4. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?
(a) The Battle at Ball's Bluff.
(b) The Battle of Chancelorsville.
(c) The Battle of Antietam.
(d) The Battle of Bull Run.

5. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.
(a) The storming of the Bastille.
(b) The Trojan War.
(c) The War of Independence.
(d) The Crusades.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.

2. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.

3. The Civil War saw the end of the __________ industry in New England.

4. _________ graduated from the University of Vermont in 1858 and took the position of head of the philosophy department in 1867.

5. Unlike Darwin, Charles Pierce did not believe that randomness __________.

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