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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section II (Chapters VIII-Appendix).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does James say that feelings are important?
(a) They are signs of consciousness.
(b) They are responses to action.
(c) They are direct percepts of the world.
(d) They are signs of intelligence.

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

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Pragmatism.

4. James says that other theorists originate from what type of experience?
(a) Personal experience.
(b) Limited experience.
(c) Broad experience.
(d) Intelligent experience.

5. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Homer.
(d) Julius Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

2. Lecture XII is a response to which of the following?

3. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?

4. James believes the salvation approach relies on what kind of experience?

5. What is the first sub-category of spiritualism that James discusses?

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