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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pluralistic Universe Section II (Lectures V-Appendix C).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the second sub-category of spiritualism, according to James?
(a) Dualistic theism.
(b) Inductive theism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Monistic theism.

3. According to James, beliefs are based on which of the following?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Religion.
(c) Truth.
(d) Experience.

4. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?
(a) Divine.
(b) Love.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Emotion.

5. Fechner is the founder of ______________.
(a) Research psychology.
(b) Modern philosophy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Scientific psychology.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?

3. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?

4. For whom is truth an inert static relationship, according to James?

5. According to James, 'each' and 'whole' are levels of what?

(see the answer key)

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