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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pluralistic Universe Section II (Lectures V-Appendix C).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first concept Fechner uses in his reasoning?
(a) Analogy.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Logic.

2. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?
(a) Monism.
(b) Pantheism.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Pragmatism.

3. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?
(a) Being vs. doing.
(b) Virtue vs. vices.
(c) Moral vs. immoral.
(d) Having vs. seeing.

4. Who says that concepts freeze movement?
(a) James.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Bergson.
(d) Royce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lecture VI, what does James relate to pragmatism?

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

3. What word does James associate with prayer?

4. Who wrote the poem "To You"?

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

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