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

2. Cultural ______________ seemed to foster prejudice and discrimination, though Kallen used the phrase in a book in 1924.
(a) Missteps.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Errors.

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

4. This new organization was sold to ___________ stating that it protected university and college professors from being terminated for differing thoughts.
(a) The public.
(b) The Peace Corps.
(c) Rockefeller.
(d) The government.

5. Daniel Gillman, the first president of Johns Hopkins wanted ________ to teach philosophy at the school.
(a) G. Stanley Hall,
(b) George Morris.
(c) Charles Pierce.
(d) William James.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ was created with a grant from a personal estate with direction to create a university.

2. _________ lowered employee wages but refused to help them in any way including lowering rent in the buildings he owned.

3. In many societies in the early 20th Century the concept of ________ began to appear.

4. During Holmes' first semester teaching at Harvard Law School he was offered a seat on__________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the fourteenth amendment added to the Constitution after the Civil War?

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

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

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

5. What did James finally comes to believe about the beliefs that people had?

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

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

8. Why did the new theory of cultural pluralism seem to foster prejudice and discrimination?

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

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

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