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

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

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

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

5. University presidents or ____________ did not accept the formation of the American Association of University Professors.
(a) Board of trustees.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Congressmen.
(d) Unions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hall gave lectures to educators concerning an educational system created by _________.

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

3. All of the following historical events played a role for William James becoming more active politically except ________.

4. Dewey studied ________ philosophy under Morris while studying at Johns Hopkins.

5. Dewey offered to combine the Laboratory school and ________ elementary in order to keep the funding of a wealthy patron.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the idea of pluralism not received well by those who heard about it?

3. What is it said that pragmatism helps reformers, misfits, and geniuses do in their lives?

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

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

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

7. Why was Pierce fired from his job at Johns Hopkins University around January of 1884?

8. What did Dewey do after leaving the University of Michigan at the age of thirty-five?

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

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

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