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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bentley and Dewey published a book called "Knowing the Known" giving American society knowledge about________.
(a) American born men.
(b) American born women.
(c) Emigrants.
(d) Immigrants.

2. In May 1918, Congress amended the law to become the Espionage and _________ Act.
(a) Traitor.
(b) Sedition.
(c) Financial.
(d) Educational.

3. Charles Pierce did not like James' or Dewey's version of his work and thus attempted to bring forth his own form called __________.
(a) Pragmatics.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Monogenism.
(d) Pragmaticism.

4. During one of the club meetings _________ read a paper called Design and Chance.
(a) Charles Pierce.
(b) Francis Parker.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) George Morris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Targets of the Ku Klux Klan at the beginning of World War I included all of the following except __________.

2. Eventually G. Stanley Hall was able to talk his employer into sending him to _______ to study more.

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

4. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who created the Hull House in the poorest section of Chicago?

2. What was happened that made it difficult for Dewey to get into Chicago to start his new job?

3. Who are the two authors who both worked on a theory of pragmatism, though they were vastly different?

4. What would happen if Harper did not like something a teacher said during a lecture?

5. How were students taught at the laboratory school in Chicago by Dewey and the staff?

6. What was the greatest achievement of Holmes which occurred before he was 40 years old?

7. What was the new requirement of all students who enrolled in Harvard Professional Schools?

8. What was the theory put forth by Holmes' lecture series, "The Common Law?"

9. When Charles Pierce arrived at the school, what did he announce he was going to revive?

10. What did Morris allow Dewey to do as he was his star pupil and eventually good friend?

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