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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pluralistic Universe Section I (Lectures I-IV).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What position does James state lacks intimacy?
(a) Polytheism.
(b) Theism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Atheism.

3. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?
(a) Infinitely many.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. The third lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?
(a) Meliorism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Aestheticism.
(d) Pragmatism.

5. What is the view that salvation is neither impossible nor inevitable?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Meliorism.
(d) Optimism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fechner believed that consciousness is based on which of the following?

2. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

3. According to James, which of the following is not an essential element to religion?

4. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.

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

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