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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section II (Chapters VIII-Appendix).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which concept?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Realism.
(c) Lack of action.
(d) Call to action.

2. What does James attribute to using parts to explain wholes?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Monism.
(d) Rationalism.

3. Fechner believed that consciousness is based on which of the following?
(a) Deductiveness and inductiveness.
(b) Intelligence and reasoning.
(c) Logic and instinct.
(d) Organization and needs.

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

5. What does James address in Chapter IV?
(a) Discrete concepts.
(b) Metaphysical problems.
(c) Direct experience.
(d) Continous percepts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lecture XI discusses which concept?

2. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?

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

4. What does James describe as the first virtue of pluralism?

5. What does James say life consists of?

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