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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. What is the first sub-category of spiritualism that James discusses?
(a) Montheism.
(b) Pluralist Atheism.
(c) Monistic pantheism.
(d) Polytheism.

2. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?
(a) Longing.
(b) Ego.
(c) Belongings.
(d) Love.

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

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

5. What does James call the immediate way of knowing something?
(a) Representational.
(b) Reasonable.
(c) Perceptional.
(d) Intuitive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?

2. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?

3. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?

4. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.

5. Fechner's faith saved him from which of the following, according to James?

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