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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section I (Lectures I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?
(a) Having vs. seeing.
(b) Virtue vs. vices.
(c) Moral vs. immoral.
(d) Being vs. doing.

2. Who wrote the poem "To You"?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Henry James.

3. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?
(a) Pluralist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Religious.
(d) Intellectual.

4. What does James attribute to determining response actions?
(a) Concepts.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Thoughts.
(d) Perceptions.

5. In Lecture VI, what does James relate to pragmatism?
(a) Logic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. James says that the first way of looking at "To You" is in which position?

2. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?

3. According to James, beliefs are based on which of the following?

4. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?

5. Royce says that limits for which group are a result of only a piece of absolute will?

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