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

2. _________ was Vermont Transcendentalism, a conservative transcendentalism that focuses on preserving institutions and systems.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Burlington philosophy.
(c) Liberal individualism.
(d) Montpelier philosophy.

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

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

5. _________ graduated from the University of Vermont in 1858 and took the position of head of the philosophy department in 1867.
(a) Joseph Torrey.
(b) Sarah Paine Torrey.
(c) Henry Torrey.
(d) John Dewey.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.

2. William James believed that people have beliefs because the object of belief has been shown to have _________.

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

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

5. _________ was able to integrate polygenism into the South by linking it to Christianity.

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