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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 does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?
(a) Religion.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Science.

2. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?
(a) Pantheism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Monism.

3. What do Lectures XVI and XVII outline?
(a) Aspects of charity.
(b) Aspects of mystical experience.
(c) Aspects of fanaticism.
(d) Aspects of ascetism.

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

5. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Depression.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Morality.
(d) Authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.

2. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.

3. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?

4. According to James, there are two ways of looking at the whole of the universe. What are these ways?

5. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?

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