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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. When the expedition to Brazil returned, _________ gave lectures about evidence of the Ice Age in Brazil.
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Louis Agassiz.
(c) Elisabeth Agassiz.
(d) William James.

2. Dewey had to fight for funding in his department. He tried to get funding for the laboratory by _________.
(a) Borrowing money from Rockefeller.
(b) Making it tuition based.
(c) Applying for federal grants.
(d) Investing his own money.

3. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.
(a) Harriet Melusina Fay.
(b) Hetty Robinson.
(c) Sarah Pierce.
(d) Elizabeth Agassiz.

4. Despite his extensive training both at home and abroad Morris was unable to attain a professorship until offered one at __________.
(a) Harvard University.
(b) Union Theological College.
(c) University of Michigan.
(d) University of Indiana.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Holmes greatest achievement was __________.

2. William James concluded from his trip to Brazil that the effects of race and circumstances depend on a person's __________.

3. Most of the faculty at the University of Chicago held the firm beliefs of ________ and Dewey did not fit in well.

4. One member of the Metaphysical Club was Chauncy Wright also known as the local ____________.

5. Charles Pierce did not like James' or Dewey's version of his work and thus attempted to bring forth his own form called __________.

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