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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. Lecture XI discusses which concept?
(a) Criticism.
(b) Absolute.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Logic.

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

3. James suggests that the experience of evil is necessary from an existential viewpoint to access deep levels of which of the following?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Depression.
(c) Lies.
(d) Truth.

4. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?
(a) Science.
(b) Religion.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Philosophy.

5. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?
(a) Unintelligence.
(b) Finite.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Infinite.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

3. What is the second sub-category of spiritualism, according to James?

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

5. What does Lecture IX relate to?

(see the answer key)

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