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

2. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.
(a) Subconsciousness.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Charity.

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

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

5. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?
(a) Those who are happy.
(b) Those who are thankful.
(c) Those who have nothing.
(d) Those who are depressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?

3. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?

4. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?

5. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?

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