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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. Who says that concepts freeze movement?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Bergson.
(c) James.
(d) Royce.

2. What word does James associate with prayer?
(a) Rational.
(b) Morals.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Transaction.

3. James says that the field of consciousness is a center fringed by which of the following?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Attention.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Intelligence.

4. The third lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Aestheticism.
(c) Meliorism.
(d) Ascetism.

5. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are wary of new information.
(b) They are accepting of new information.
(c) They are comforted by new information.
(d) They are angry at new information.

Short Answer Questions

1. James holds that in which stance does the mind makes connections between ideas that are just as valid as other truths?

2. In the meaning of truth lectures, what does Lecture III cover?

3. How does James describe ineffability?

4. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?

5. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?

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