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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 being both sublime and trivial?
(a) Religion.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Science.
(d) Philosophy.

2. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Moral simplicity.
(c) Individual simplicity.
(d) Rationalism.

3. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are accepting of new information.
(b) They are angry at new information.
(c) They are wary of new information.
(d) They are comforted by new information.

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

5. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Pantheism.
(b) Relgion.
(c) Pragmatism.
(d) Monism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does James not identify as a quality of saintliness?

3. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?

4. How does James describe noetic quality?

5. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?

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