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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dewey started the laboratory school because he believed that Chicago public schools had a _________ on children.
(a) Depressive.
(b) Positive.
(c) Negative.
(d) Bias.

2. After Hall discredited several candidates for the professor of philosophy position, one was finally hired in __________.
(a) 1910.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1810.

3. _________ sat on the Supreme Court for 34 years, serving as Chief Justice before retiring in 1932.
(a) Oliver Holmes.
(b) William James.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) Benjamin Pierce.

4. Holmes and James ________ after their marriages.
(a) Went their separate ways.
(b) Taught at the same university.
(c) Became good friends.
(d) Wrote a book together.

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

6. Most of the faculty at the University of Chicago held the firm beliefs of ________ and Dewey did not fit in well.
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) The unions.
(c) The upper class.
(d) The lower class.

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

8. _________ took classes from Hall because he like the way Hall used physiological psychology with physics and metaphysics.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) George Morris.
(c) Francis Parker.
(d) William James.

9. __________ is the idea that people come at life from different places, and understand the world in different ways.
(a) Separatism.
(b) Singularism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Individualism.

10. In 1903, James published a book entitled _________.
(a) The Origin of the Species.
(b) The Varieties of Religious Experience.
(c) The Will to Believe.
(d) Studies of Logical Theory.

11. Holmes argued that judges used __________ and then find precedents to explain their decisions.
(a) Juries.
(b) Their experience.
(c) Codes.
(d) Others opinions.

12. ___________ did not believe he was a pragmatist, even though he held many of the same beliefs.
(a) Benjamin Pierce.
(b) W.E.B. Dubois.
(c) Oliver Holmes.
(d) John Dewey.

13. Randolph Bourne believed his purpose in life was to find the ____________ in other people's theories and philosophies.
(a) Benefits.
(b) Problems.
(c) Angles.
(d) Documentation.

14. James compared Pluralism to forms of government saying that it was more like __________.
(a) A kingdom.
(b) A federal republic.
(c) A feudal system.
(d) An empire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pierce believed that the universe was constantly evolving and trying to reach ___________.

2. In 1918 a new political party called _________ was created by Melusina Fay Pierce.

3. _________ wrote a book called 'The Will to Believe' and dedicated it to Charles Pierce.

4. Holmes believed that experiences are governed by society and thus _________.

5. University presidents or ____________ did not accept the formation of the American Association of University Professors.

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