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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section II (Chapters VIII-Appendix).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Royce says that ignorance is which of the following?
(a) Inattention.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Affection.
(d) Intelligence.

2. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Monism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Relgion.
(d) Pantheism.

3. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Christian church.
(b) Crucifix.
(c) Eucharist.
(d) Jewish temple.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?

2. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?

3. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?

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

5. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?

(see the answer key)

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