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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. James says that the first way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Monist.
(b) Empiricist.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Rationalist.

2. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?
(a) Religion.
(b) Fanaticism.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Ascetism.

3. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?
(a) Logic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

4. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?
(a) Plural.
(b) Generic.
(c) Casual.
(d) Aesthetic.

5. Who believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Biben.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?

2. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?

3. Royce says that ignorance is which of the following?

4. What does James believe to be the prevalence of one set of ideas?

5. What does James attribute to using parts to explain wholes?

(see the answer key)

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