The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 8 | Part 5, Chapter 14 Pluralisms, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hall gave lectures to educators concerning an educational system created by _________.
(a) George Morris.
(b) William James.
(c) Francis Parker.
(d) John Dewey.

2. Dartmouth University started as an attempt to build a school for ____________.
(a) Black Americans.
(b) Native Americans.
(c) Irish Americans.
(d) Mexican Americans.

3. The philosophy that began to emerge with the formation of the Metaphysical Club is known as_________.
(a) Monogenism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Evolutionism.
(d) Polygenism.

4. _________ was a Vermont Transcendentalist born in 1859 and was close to being socialist in viewpoint.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Archibald Dewey.
(c) Lucina Dewey.
(d) Frederick Dewey.

5. Henry James Sr. became involved with all of the following religious groups except _________.
(a) Swedenborgism.
(b) Primitive Christians.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Scottish Baptists.

Short Answer Questions

1. James believed that reality operated in the following ways except _________.

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

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

4. William James believed that there were always more solutions to a project than a single person could create, which led to the idea of ___________.

5. Unlike Darwin, Charles Pierce did not believe that randomness __________.

(see the answer key)

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