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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section I (Lectures I-IV).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?
(a) Immoral thought.
(b) Irrational thought.
(c) Moral thought.
(d) Rational thought.

3. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?
(a) Virtue vs. vices.
(b) Being vs. doing.
(c) Having vs. seeing.
(d) Moral vs. immoral.

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

5. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Spiritualism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?

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

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

4. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.

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

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