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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. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Christian church.
(b) Eucharist.
(c) Jewish temple.
(d) Crucifix.

2. Lecture VIII relates pragmatism to which concept?
(a) Experience.
(b) Religion.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Ability.

3. What position does James state believes everything is essentially the same?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Monism.
(d) Pantheism.

4. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?
(a) Cognition.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Consciousness.
(d) Intelligence.

5. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Rationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?

2. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?

3. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?

4. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?

5. James holds that activity is evidenced by which of the following?

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