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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 does James describe as the champion's abstraction?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Pantheism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Spiritualism.

2. What does Lecture IX relate to?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The meaning of pragmatism.
(c) The meaning of truth.
(d) The role of humanity.

3. According to James, beliefs are based on which of the following?
(a) Religion.
(b) Truth.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Experience.

4. What kind of god does James find in the all-form?
(a) Loving.
(b) Impersonal.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Intimate.

5. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?
(a) Listener.
(b) Giver.
(c) Seeker.
(d) Knower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?

2. James says that the field of consciousness is a center fringed by which of the following?

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

4. What does James believe to be the prevalence of one set of ideas?

5. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?

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