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

2. What adjective does James use to describe concepts?
(a) Discrete.
(b) Fulfilling.
(c) Plural.
(d) Continuous.

3. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Denotation.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Fantasy.

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

5. What does James say about motion, change, and activity?
(a) They often stop moving forward.
(b) They are all the same.
(c) They are unique to one another.
(d) They are always growing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?

2. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?

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

4. What is addressed in Chapter III?

5. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?

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