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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section I (Lectures I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Logic.
(d) Pragmatic.

2. James identifies a substance through which of the following?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Senses.
(c) Attributes.
(d) Intellectual reasoning.

3. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?
(a) Immoral thought.
(b) Moral thought.
(c) Rational thought.
(d) Irrational thought.

4. What does James believe people tend to do with the truth?
(a) Optimize it.
(b) Conserve it.
(c) Spend it.
(d) Neglect it.

5. Who wrote the poem "To You"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Henry James.

Short Answer Questions

1. James says that the field of consciousness is a center fringed by which of the following?

2. What term is defined as the function of consciousness?

3. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?

4. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

5. For whom is truth an inert static relationship, according to James?

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