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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. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?
(a) The ability to continue loving somebody even when one is depressed.
(b) A deliberate attempt to see the goodness in the world and in one's personal life.
(c) The longing to see others become happy.
(d) The decision to become happy when depressed.

2. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.
(a) Mysticism.
(b) Health.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Religion.

3. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?
(a) Those who have nothing.
(b) Those who are happy.
(c) Those who are thankful.
(d) Those who are depressed.

4. How does James describe noetic quality?
(a) New happiness.
(b) New virtues.
(c) New morals.
(d) New knowledge.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?

2. In excess, what does James assert that virtue becomes?

3. James claims that in excess, what can become gullibility?

4. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?

5. James believes the salvation approach relies on what kind of experience?

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