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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. William James created ___________ and brought it to the public for Charles Pierce.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Pragmatics.
(c) Pragmaticism.
(d) Monogenism.

2. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.
(a) Oxford University.
(b) Lawrence Scientific School.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Cambridge University.

3. Holmes' experiences during the war led him to believe that imposing one's beliefs would always lead to __________.
(a) Change.
(b) Violence.
(c) Peace.
(d) Slavery.

4. _________ believed there could be no individual without society.
(a) John Wheelock.
(b) William James.
(c) James Marsh.
(d) John Locke.

5. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.
(a) Biology.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.

2. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Staff created _______ in the poorest section of Chicago.

3. Henry Sr. viewed _________ as he did everything, with a distrust of institutions.

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

5. The first president of the University of Chicago was_________.

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