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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pragmatism states "people are the agents of their own destinies" and was not used by _________.
(a) Misfits.
(b) Geniuses.
(c) Conformers.
(d) Reformers.

2. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.
(a) Platonist.
(b) Protestant.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Scottish Baptist.

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

4. When Dewey's appointment for principal was withdrawn he left the university to go to __________.
(a) Harvard University.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) University of Chicago.

5. Wright believed that ___________ is the difference between facts and values.
(a) Constructivism.
(b) Negativism.
(c) Positivism.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ founded the Metaphysical Club in 1872 in Cambridge.

2. Dewey offered to combine the Laboratory school and ________ elementary in order to keep the funding of a wealthy patron.

3. The school was run based on the operating philosophies of ________ schools, including 'pure learning' and 'academic freedom'.

4. After Holmes returned to the army following the Battle of Fredericksburg, there was a new regiment created of black volunteers, the __________.

5. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.

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