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

2. James identifies a substance through which of the following?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Senses.
(c) Attributes.
(d) Intellectual reasoning.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?

2. What word does James associate with prayer?

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

4. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

5. In excess, what does James assert that virtue becomes?

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