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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?
(a) Beings.
(b) Casual.
(c) Empirical.
(d) Aesthetic.

2. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.
(a) Health.
(b) Mysticism.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Religion.

3. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Confession.
(d) Prayer.

4. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Homer.
(c) Faulkner.
(d) Shakespeare.

5. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?
(a) Those who are depressed.
(b) Those who are happy.
(c) Those who have nothing.
(d) Those who are thankful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does James state believes everything is essentially the same?

2. The third lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

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

4. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?

5. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?

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