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

2. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Confession.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Sacrifice.

3. James claims that in excess, what can become gullibility?
(a) Religion.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Charity.
(d) Strength.

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

5. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The essential nature of a thing.
(b) The lack of happiness in a person.
(c) The darkness of deep depression.
(d) The absence of something.

Short Answer Questions

1. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.

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

3. How does James describe ineffability?

4. In excess, what does James assert that virtue becomes?

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

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