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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 suggests that the experience of evil is necessary from an existential viewpoint to access deep levels of which of the following?
(a) Truth.
(b) Depression.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Lies.

2. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.
(a) Virtue.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Subconsciousness.
(d) Charity.

3. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?
(a) Tolstoy.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Homer.

4. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The motivation one person has to change.
(b) The decision one makes to become happy.
(c) The meaning or importance of a thing.
(d) The significance of a person.

5. What word does James associate with prayer?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Rational.
(c) Morals.
(d) Transaction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?

2. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?

3. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?

4. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

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

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