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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first president of the University of Chicago was_________.
(a) William Rainey Harper.
(b) George Herbert Mead.
(c) William James.
(d) John Dewey.

2. After Hall discredited several candidates for the professor of philosophy position, one was finally hired in __________.
(a) 1856.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1810.
(d) 1954.

3. The United States was currently in the middle of a ________ and many employers were cutting wages.
(a) Recession.
(b) Election.
(c) Depression.
(d) Economic boom.

4. In 1908 'The Process of Government' was published by __________.
(a) Anthony Bentley.
(b) Franz Boas.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) William James.

5. Soon after he was fired from Johns Hopkins, Charles Pierce bought a farm with his new wife. He was subsequently fired from ________.
(a) The Massachusetts Supreme Court.
(b) Harvard Law School.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) The Coast Service.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the problems of Pragmatism is that it does not take into account _________.

2. The authority of _________ characterizes pre-modern societies, but not modern societies.

3. President Gillman later fired all ________ faculty from the school effectively removing anyone teaching philosophy.

4. _________ lowered employee wages but refused to help them in any way including lowering rent in the buildings he owned.

5. Dewey offered to combine the Laboratory school and ________ elementary in order to keep the funding of a wealthy patron.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the idea of pluralism not received well by those who heard about it?

2. When Charles Pierce arrived at the school, what did he announce he was going to revive?

3. What did Dewey do after leaving the University of Michigan at the age of thirty-five?

4. Why did Pierce and his wife go to New York after he was fired from the Coast Survey?

5. What was the new requirement of all students who enrolled in Harvard Professional Schools?

6. Who are the two authors who both worked on a theory of pragmatism, though they were vastly different?

7. What are modern societies led by, according to the studies of Holmes?

8. What did James finally comes to believe about the beliefs that people had?

9. Why did Kallen give up his religion at first, though he ended up returning later on?

10. What did Randolph Bourne believe his purpose in life was, according to this book?

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