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

2. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.
(a) Simply.
(b) Frugally.
(c) Positively.
(d) Negatively.

3. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?
(a) Rational.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Individual.

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

5. In Lecture III, James compares mysticism to ____________.
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Unreality.
(c) Religion.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. James identifies a substance through which of the following?

2. James claims that in excess, what can become gullibility?

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

4. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?

5. What position does James state believes everything is essentially the same?

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