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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 4 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James felt that pragmatism was the philosophy of __________.
(a) Complexity.
(b) Decision making.
(c) Being practical.
(d) Simplicity.

2. In 1903, James published a book entitled _________.
(a) Studies of Logical Theory.
(b) The Varieties of Religious Experience.
(c) The Origin of the Species.
(d) The Will to Believe.

3. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.
(a) Conservative individualism.
(b) Burlington philosophy.
(c) Pragmatism.
(d) Montpelier philosophy.

4. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.
(a) Monotheism.
(b) Polygenism.
(c) Monogenism.
(d) Polytheism.

5. _________ believed there could be no individual without society.
(a) William James.
(b) John Wheelock.
(c) John Locke.
(d) James Marsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ states that the government is created by individuals for the purpose of protecting those individuals.

2. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.

3. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.

4. _________ graduated from the University of Vermont in 1858 and took the position of head of the philosophy department in 1867.

5. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.

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