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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. Which of the following does James not identify as a quality of saintliness?
(a) Purity.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Strength of the soul.
(d) Charity.

2. What is the view that salvation is neither impossible nor inevitable?
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Meliorism.

3. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?
(a) Lies.
(b) Optimism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Instinct.

4. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?
(a) Intuitive.
(b) Representational.
(c) Perceptional.
(d) Reasonable.

5. What term is defined as the state of consciousness considered subjectively?
(a) Representation.
(b) Thought.
(c) Feeling.
(d) Cognition.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

4. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?

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

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