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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 believes that people will first act out of _____________.
(a) Desire.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Logic.
(d) Need.

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

3. James believes the salvation approach relies on what kind of experience?
(a) Depressing.
(b) Happy.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Divine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lectures XVI and XVII outline?

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

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

4. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?

5. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?

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