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

3. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?
(a) Infinite.
(b) Finite.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Unintelligence.

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

5. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.
(a) Charity.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Subconsciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?

2. What does James say life consists of?

3. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

4. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?

5. Who believed that inclusive forms of consciousness are partly generated by less inclusive forms?

(see the answer key)

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