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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. James says that the field of consciousness is a center fringed by which of the following?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Attention.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Ignorance.

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

3. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Monism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Pantheism.

4. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Ascetism.
(d) Meliorism.

5. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?
(a) Generic.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Plural.
(d) Casual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?

2. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?

3. James says that limitations in will cause which of the following?

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

5. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?

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