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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. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Religion.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Logic.

2. What is the first sub-category of spiritualism that James discusses?
(a) Monistic pantheism.
(b) Pluralist Atheism.
(c) Montheism.
(d) Polytheism.

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

4. What does James describe as occurring when the whole changes all things contained within it must also change as a singular act?
(a) Inductive reasoning.
(b) Singular operation.
(c) Immanent operation.
(d) Logical operation.

5. What position does James state believes everything is essentially the same?
(a) Pragmatism.
(b) Monism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Pantheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James, beliefs are based on which of the following?

2. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

3. How does James describe ineffability?

4. The first lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

5. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?

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