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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. William James believed that people have beliefs because the object of belief has been shown to have _________.
(a) Consequences.
(b) Value.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Colors.

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

3. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.
(a) Monogenism.
(b) Polygenism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Types of Mankind.

4. ___________ believed that mind and reality were abstract and a single process, humans use their ideas to cope in their environment.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Charles Pierce.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) William James.

5. _________ was able to integrate polygenism into the South by linking it to Christianity.
(a) Samuel Cartwright.
(b) George Glidden.
(c) Josiah Nott.
(d) Louis Agassiz.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. _________ was Vermont Transcendentalism, a conservative transcendentalism that focuses on preserving institutions and systems.

5. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.

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