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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. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Health.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Mysticism.

2. According to James, the absence of something can lead to a sense of which of the following?
(a) Unreality.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Anger.

3. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Christian church.
(b) Jewish temple.
(c) Eucharist.
(d) Crucifix.

4. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Theory.
(d) Logic.

5. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Depression.
(b) Morality.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Authority.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does James associate with prayer?

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

3. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?

4. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?

5. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?

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