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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 kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?
(a) Casual.
(b) Generic.
(c) Monist.
(d) Plural.

2. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Authority.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Morality.
(d) Depression.

3. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?
(a) Experience.
(b) Action.
(c) Faith.
(d) Common sense.

4. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Moral simplicity.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Individual simplicity.
(d) Instinct.

5. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Divine.
(c) Love.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which phrase does James use to describe common sense?

4. What term is defined as the state of consciousness considered subjectively?

5. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?

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