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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. According to James, there are two ways of looking at the whole of the universe. What are these ways?
(a) Faithfulness and unfaithfulness.
(b) Unity and disunity.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Happiness and unhappiness.

2. James claims that in excess, what can become gullibility?
(a) Charity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Strength.
(d) Virtue.

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

4. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Depression.
(b) Morality.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Authority.

5. What kind of god does James find in the all-form?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Impersonal.
(c) Loving.
(d) Intimate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture VIII critique?

2. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?

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

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

5. Which statement is true about James' thoughts on experiences?

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