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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does James describe as the second virtue of pluralism?
(a) Pessimistic outlook.
(b) Rational outlook.
(c) Melioristic outlook.
(d) Optimistic outlook.

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

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

5. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?
(a) Faith.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Experience.
(d) Action.

6. Why does James say that feelings are important?
(a) They are direct percepts of the world.
(b) They are responses to action.
(c) They are signs of intelligence.
(d) They are signs of consciousness.

7. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.
(a) Immediate.
(b) Practical.
(c) Painless.
(d) Simple.

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

9. Chapter X describes the relationship between novelty and _________.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Discretion.
(c) Infinity.
(d) Happiness.

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

11. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Causation.
(d) Philosophy.

12. Lecture XII is a response to which of the following?
(a) Shakespeare's work.
(b) Connotation and denotation.
(c) Herbert's criticism.
(d) Assertions of faith.

13. "Answers to a Questionnaire" responds to which person?
(a) Kant.
(b) Kim.
(c) Pratt.
(d) Bergson.

14. What is the occupation of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?
(a) Author.
(b) Chef.
(c) Construction worker.
(d) Painter.

15. According to James, what is the nature of Dewey's school?
(a) Empiricist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Monist.
(d) Rationalist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James describe as the third virtue of pluralism?

2. What does Lecture IX relate to?

3. James claims that it is difficult to imagine a world without the need for which of the following?

4. James gave an address to the alumni of ______________.

5. According to James, what is Emerson's good quality?

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