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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Hegel espoused a ________ philosophy which was not in accordance with how James viewed the world.
(a) Pluralistic.
(b) Contemporary.
(c) Monistic.
(d) Individualistic.

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

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

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

7. Students in Dewey's classes were taught by _______.
(a) Listening.
(b) Example.
(c) Observation.
(d) Reading.

8. Holmes believed that experiences are governed by society and thus _________.
(a) Have no effect on the individual.
(b) Change over time.
(c) Stay the same over time.
(d) Are infallible.

9. Kallen was asked to prepare __________ manuscripts for publication in 1915.
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

10. 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.

11. The university presidents still gave __________ and fired faculty for not expressing the views of the college.
(a) Corporal punishment.
(b) Detentions.
(c) Fines.
(d) Warnings.

12. When the schools combined, Dewey appointed _________ to be the principal.
(a) Anita Blaine.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) His wife.
(d) Parker.

13. The authority of _________ characterizes pre-modern societies, but not modern societies.
(a) Chance.
(b) Nurture.
(c) Heredity.
(d) Environment.

14. The United States was currently in the middle of a ________ and many employers were cutting wages.
(a) Recession.
(b) Depression.
(c) Election.
(d) Economic boom.

15. Modern societies are led by ________ and the procedures and theories that led to modernity.
(a) Chance.
(b) Nurture.
(c) Nature.
(d) Heredity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pierce used __________ daily because of the pain caused by cancer that ravaged his body.

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

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

4. William James created ___________ and brought it to the public for Charles Pierce.

5. Many of the universities of the time were using the law enacted by ____________.

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