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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section II (Chapters VIII-Appendix).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Confession.
(d) Intelligence.

2. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Hinduism.

3. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The absence of something.
(b) The lack of happiness in a person.
(c) The darkness of deep depression.
(d) The essential nature of a thing.

4. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?
(a) Positivism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Theism.
(d) Rationalism.

5. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Monism.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James, monism does not allow for what kind of consciousness?

2. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?

3. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?

4. Who does James focus on in Chapter II?

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

(see the answer key)

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