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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. James believed that reality operated in the following ways except _________.
(a) Things progess in an ultimate and absolute way.
(b) Things are connected loosely.
(c) It is many dimensional.
(d) It is many directional.

2. William James spent a great deal of time and energy on being indecisive, but he was able to use it to create the idea of _________.
(a) Separatism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Abolitionism.
(d) Antagonism.

3. _________ lowered employee wages but refused to help them in any way including lowering rent in the buildings he owned.
(a) Pullman.
(b) Morris.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Pushman.

4. Pierce also believed that humans get their ideas of right and wrong from __________.
(a) Internal sources.
(b) Other humans.
(c) Laws.
(d) God.

5. A land grant was received for the school that stipulated that it be run by __________.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) White males.
(c) Eleazer Wheelock.
(d) A board of trustees.

Short Answer Questions

1. G. Stanley Hall studied New Psychology and received a PhD under _________ at Harvard.

2. Holmes argued that judges used __________ and then find precedents to explain their decisions.

3. ____________ lobbied Congress to help create a National Academy of Science.

4. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.

5. Quetlet published several pieces that pointed to societal factors instead of biological factors. Which country in Europe were unsure of his work?

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