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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section I (Lectures I-IV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?
(a) Pantheistic.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Monist.
(d) Religious.

2. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The motivation one person has to change.
(b) The decision one makes to become happy.
(c) The significance of a person.
(d) The meaning or importance of a thing.

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

4. James states purity arises from a sense of sensitivity to _________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Purity.
(d) Inconsistency.

5. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.
(a) Need.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Logic.
(d) Desire.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?

4. According to James, the absence of something can lead to a sense of which of the following?

5. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?

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