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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) Inductive.
(b) Deductive.
(c) Dialectic.
(d) Rationalist.

2. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Monism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Intellectualism.

3. What position does James say is the 'all-form'?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Logic.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Monist.

4. What word does James associate with prayer?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Morals.
(c) Rational.
(d) Transaction.

5. James states purity arises from a sense of sensitivity to _________.
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Purity.
(c) Inconsistency.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to James, there are two ways of looking at the whole of the universe. What are these ways?

4. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?

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

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