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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. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Monism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Relgion.
(d) Pantheism.

2. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?
(a) Casual.
(b) Aesthetic.
(c) Beings.
(d) Empirical.

3. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The meaning or importance of a thing.
(b) The significance of a person.
(c) The motivation one person has to change.
(d) The decision one makes to become happy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say life consists of?

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

3. What is the view that salvation is neither impossible nor inevitable?

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

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

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