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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. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.
(a) Columbia Univeristy.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) University of Edinburgh.
(d) University of Chicago.

2. _________ left the University of Michigan at 35 to become the chair at the University of Chicago.
(a) William James.
(b) Charles Pierce.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) G. Stanley Hall.

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

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

5. What was the organization that Dewey, Lovejoy, and Cattell created in 1915, similar to the AMA or the ABA?
(a) NAACP.
(b) UAW.
(c) PETA.
(d) AAUP.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dewey and Holmes focused on the rights of _________ instead of the rights of the individual.

2. _________ took classes from Hall because he like the way Hall used physiological psychology with physics and metaphysics.

3. The United States was currently in the middle of a ________ and many employers were cutting wages.

4. When Dewey's appointment for principal was withdrawn he left the university to go to __________.

5. Dewey started the laboratory school because he believed that Chicago public schools had a _________ on children.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are modern societies led by, according to the studies of Holmes?

2. Why did Kallen give up his religion at first, though he ended up returning later on?

3. What did Pierce think of his brother's book, "The Will to Believe" when he read it?

4. Why was the book, "The Process of Government," fairly obscure in the market?

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

6. What did Dewey and Holmes think about the idea of giving freedom to others?

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

8. What did Randolph Bourne believe his purpose in life was, according to this book?

9. What was never the intention of the American Association of University Professors though it ended up being the case anyway?

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

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