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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is James' conception of truth?
(a) Melioristic.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Realitic.
(d) Pessimistic.

2. What adjective does James use to address precepts?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Continuous.
(c) Plural.
(d) Discrete.

3. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?
(a) Positivism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Theism.
(d) Pessimism.

4. In "Humanism and Truth Once More," what does James suggest others say pragmatism and humanism deny?
(a) Reality.
(b) Monism.
(c) Faith.
(d) Ignorance.

5. In the story PhD Octopus, students do not deal with _________________.
(a) Skills.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Truth.
(d) Happiness.

6. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture VIII critique?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Optiism.
(d) Pragmatism.

7. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?
(a) Giver.
(b) Knower.
(c) Listener.
(d) Seeker.

8. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Stoutness.
(d) Faith.

9. What concept does the story about the Philippine address discuss?
(a) English Philosophy.
(b) French Imperialism.
(c) American Expansionism.
(d) German Expressionism.

10. What does James call the immediate way of knowing something?
(a) Intuitive.
(b) Perceptional.
(c) Representational.
(d) Reasonable.

11. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Homer.

12. What fellow empiricist does James claim to sympathize with most?
(a) Kant.
(b) Bergson.
(c) Bode.
(d) Bradley.

13. In the meaning of truth lectures, what does Lecture III cover?
(a) The relationship between truth and lies.
(b) The relationship between truth and happiness.
(c) The relationship between truth and humanism.
(d) The relationship between excitement and truth.

14. What term does James attribute to the love of wisdom?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Knowledge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?

2. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.

3. According to James, what gives one the ability to know a good man when one sees him?

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

5. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?

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