The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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 | Eight Week Quiz F

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 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. President Gillman later fired all ________ faculty from the school effectively removing anyone teaching philosophy.
(a) Psychology.
(b) Metaphysical Club.
(c) Full-Time.
(d) Part-Time.

4. _________ wrote a book called 'The Will to Believe' and dedicated it to Charles Pierce.
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(b) Charles Pierce's brother.
(c) William James.
(d) John Dewey .

5. Whaling expeditions were often underwritten by agencies which were run by __________.
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Protestants.

Short Answer Questions

1. _______ used his studies of Black Egyptian skulls to conclude that black people had always been slaves.

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

3. One of the problems of Pragmatism is that it does not take into account _________.

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

5. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

(see the answer key)

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