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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Varieties of Religious Experience Section 2 (Lectures XI-Postcript).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Cultural benefits of saintliness.
(c) Morality.
(d) Charity for those in need.

2. How does James describe ineffability?
(a) The inability to express experience.
(b) The inability to express virtue.
(c) The inability to express charity.
(d) The inability to express ascetism.

3. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?
(a) Longing.
(b) Love.
(c) Belongings.
(d) Ego.

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

5. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Ascetism.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first act, James believes that people will then act out of _____________.

2. James states purity arises from a sense of sensitivity to _________.

3. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?

4. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.

5. What do Lectures XVI and XVII outline?

(see the answer key)

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