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

2. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New York.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Vermont.

3. Within his theory of pragmatism, James came to believe that some beliefs were __________.
(a) Empty.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Counter-intuitive.
(d) Instinctive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ___________ believed that mind and reality were abstract and a single process, humans use their ideas to cope in their environment.

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

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

5. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.

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