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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 kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?
(a) Casual.
(b) Generic.
(c) Plural.
(d) Monist.

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

3. Fechner's faith saved him from which of the following, according to James?
(a) Illness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Death.
(d) Fear.

4. What position does James state lacks intimacy?
(a) Theism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Polytheism.
(d) Atheism.

5. James says that limitations in will cause which of the following?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Attention.
(d) Unintelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

2. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?

3. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?

4. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?

5. How does James describe ineffability?

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