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

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

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

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

5. In 1854 __________ published a two-book set entitled Types of Mankind asserting the supremacy of the white race.
(a) Nott and Agassiz.
(b) Agassiz and Glidden.
(c) Nott and Glidden.
(d) Nott and James.

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

4. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

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

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