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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 topic, in addition to monism, does James discuss in Chapter VII?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Percepts.

2. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?
(a) Theory.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Logic.

3. Who believed that inclusive forms of consciousness are partly generated by less inclusive forms?
(a) James.
(b) Fechner.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Wordsworth.

4. What term does James attribute to the love of wisdom?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Knowledge.

5. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Individual.
(c) Rational.
(d) Salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

2. What is James' conception of truth?

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

4. What does James say allows Fechner to posit Earth systems based on human systems?

5. What word does James associate with prayer?

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