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

2. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Denotation.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Pessimism.

3. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?
(a) Theism.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Bergson.

4. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) Atheism.
(d) Pantheism.

5. In the meaning of truth lectures, what does Lecture III cover?
(a) The relationship between truth and happiness.
(b) The relationship between excitement and truth.
(c) The relationship between truth and humanism.
(d) The relationship between truth and lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James call the immediate way of knowing something?

2. Who says that concepts freeze movement?

3. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?

4. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?

5. What term is defined as the function of consciousness?

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