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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Varieties of Religious Experience Section 2 (Lectures XI-Postcript).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?
(a) Fanaticism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Religion.

2. How does James describe noetic quality?
(a) New knowledge.
(b) New morals.
(c) New virtues.
(d) New happiness.

3. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?
(a) Charity for those in need.
(b) Cultural benefits of saintliness.
(c) Morality.
(d) Ascetism.

4. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?
(a) Individual.
(b) Rational.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Salvation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?

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