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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section I (Chapters I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?
(a) Monist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Empiricist.
(d) Rationalist.

2. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?
(a) Theism.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Bergson.
(d) Pluralism.

3. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?
(a) Love.
(b) Divine.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Emotion.

4. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Monist.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Religious.

5. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?
(a) Happy.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Individualized.
(d) Discontinuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

2. How does James describe Josiah Royce's approach?

3. James says that limitations in will cause which of the following?

4. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?

5. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?

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