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

2. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?
(a) Empiricist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Rationalist.
(d) Monist.

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

4. After the first act, James believes that people will then act out of _____________.
(a) Logic.
(b) Need.
(c) Desire.
(d) Instinct.

5. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?
(a) Discontinuous.
(b) Happy.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Individualized.

Short Answer Questions

1. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

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

3. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?

4. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

5. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?

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