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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section II (Lectures VIII -XV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is James' conception of truth?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Pessimistic.
(c) Realitic.
(d) Melioristic.

2. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?
(a) Charity for those in need.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Morality.
(d) Cultural benefits of saintliness.

3. 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) Logical operation.
(c) Singular operation.
(d) Immanent operation.

4. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?
(a) Intuitive.
(b) Representational.
(c) Perceptional.
(d) Reasonable.

5. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are angry at new information.
(b) They are accepting of new information.
(c) They are comforted by new information.
(d) They are wary of new information.

Short Answer Questions

1. James holds that activity is evidenced by which of the following?

2. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

4. What position does James attribute to being the 'each-form'?

5. James identifies a substance through which of the following?

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