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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) Simplicity.
(c) Decision making.
(d) Being practical.

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

3. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.
(a) Henry James Sr.
(b) William James.
(c) Louis Agassiz.
(d) Samuel George Morton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ believed there could be no individual without society.

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

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

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

5. ___________was a physician from Montgomery, Alabama that did not agree with slavery but was afraid of Black people.

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