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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James, beliefs are based on which of the following?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Truth.
(c) Experience.
(d) Religion.

2. What stance does James attribute to being the way out of monism?
(a) Intelligence stance.
(b) Pragmatist stance.
(c) Determinist stance.
(d) Witness stance.

3. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?
(a) The decision to become happy when depressed.
(b) A deliberate attempt to see the goodness in the world and in one's personal life.
(c) The longing to see others become happy.
(d) The ability to continue loving somebody even when one is depressed.

4. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?
(a) Generic.
(b) Casual.
(c) Monist.
(d) Plural.

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

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

7. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Empiricist.
(d) Pluralist.

8. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Moral simplicity.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Individual simplicity.
(d) Instinct.

9. In excess, what does James assert that virtue becomes?
(a) A moral obligation.
(b) Gullibility.
(c) A vice.
(d) A religious obligation.

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

11. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Protestantism.

12. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?
(a) Happy.
(b) Discontinuous.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Individualized.

13. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Health.
(c) Religion.
(d) Mysticism.

14. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?
(a) Logic.
(b) Religion.
(c) Reason.
(d) Truth.

15. What is the second concept Fechner uses in his reasoning?
(a) Comparison.
(b) Theism.
(c) Personalism.
(d) Difference.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

2. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

3. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

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

5. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?

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