The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Test | Final Test - Medium

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Test | Final Test - Medium

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Targets of the Ku Klux Klan at the beginning of World War I included all of the following except __________.
(a) American born Protestant white men.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Jews.
(d) Blacks.

2. ___________ was only given if there was a chance it could be taken away, according to Dewey and Holmes.
(a) War.
(b) Money.
(c) Peace.
(d) Freedom.

3. Dewey offered to combine the Laboratory school and ________ elementary in order to keep the funding of a wealthy patron.
(a) Chicago.
(b) Rockefeller.
(c) Washington.
(d) Parker.

4. William James believed that people have beliefs because the object of belief has been shown to have _________.
(a) Colors.
(b) Consequences.
(c) Value.
(d) Purpose.

5. The organizer of the American Railroad Union was arrested ________.
(a) Two times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) One time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dewey had a different take on stimulus and response that stated _________.

2. When cultures define themselves, the eventually need to be ____________.

3. Jane Addams wrote an article comparing the opposing sides in the Pullman strike to __________.

4. Pierce also believed that humans get their ideas of right and wrong from __________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who created the University of Chicago though he stayed out of all areas except the financial area?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Pierce and his wife go to New York after he was fired from the Coast Survey?

8. What did Dewey believe about mind and reality in his time after leaving Chicago?

9. Why was Cattell fired from Columbia University with the start of WWI?

10. What did G. Stanley Hall do when he decided against getting a job immediately after following Morris to Germany?

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