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

2. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Disharmony.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Happiness.

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

4. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?
(a) Temporary.
(b) Permanent.
(c) False.
(d) True.

5. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?
(a) One who has reached a state of psychological rock-bottom.
(b) One who has committed a crime.
(c) One who has made a difficult decision.
(d) One who is psychologicall and emotionally empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.

2. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?

3. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?

4. According to James, the absence of something can lead to a sense of which of the following?

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

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