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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. All of the following historical events played a role for William James becoming more active politically except ________.
(a) The Spanish-American War.
(b) Suppression of the Phillipine Independence Movement.
(c) Publication of 'The Will to Believe.'
(d) Lynchings in the South.

2. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.
(a) Government.
(b) Education.
(c) Military.
(d) Religion.

3. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
(a) New York.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Jamestown.
(d) Boston.

4. Pierce reviewed _________ written by John Dewey and was completely disgusted.
(a) The Origin of The Species.
(b) Studies of Logical Theory.
(c) The Will to Believe.
(d) The Varieties of Religious Experience.

5. Unlike Darwin, Charles Pierce did not believe that randomness __________.
(a) Was a fact of nature.
(b) Is related to statistics.
(c) Is based on laws.
(d) Serves a purpose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

2. _________ took classes from Hall because he like the way Hall used physiological psychology with physics and metaphysics.

3. Whaling expeditions were often underwritten by agencies which were run by __________.

4. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.

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

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