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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. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Deductive.
(b) Inductive.
(c) Rationalist.
(d) Dialectic.

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

3. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Meliorism.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Pessimism.

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

5. In Lecture VI, what does James relate to pragmatism?
(a) Logic.
(b) Reason.
(c) Religion.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

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

3. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

4. What position does James attribute to being the 'each-form'?

5. What is the second concept Fechner uses in his reasoning?

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