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

2. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Infinitely many.
(d) Three.

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

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

5. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?
(a) Intellectualism.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Pragmatism.
(d) Monism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "To You"?

2. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?

3. In excess, what does James assert that virtue becomes?

4. How does James describe noetic quality?

5. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?

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