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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays Section II (Essays 11-20).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James discuss in Chapter V?
(a) The discretion of abuse.
(b) The abuse of concepts.
(c) The fulfillment of pluralism.
(d) The problems of monism.

2. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?
(a) Religious.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Monist.
(d) Intellectual.

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

4. What does Lecture IX relate to?
(a) The meaning of truth.
(b) The role of humanity.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) The meaning of pragmatism.

5. James says that the first way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Rationalist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Pragmatic.
(d) Empiricist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that concepts freeze movement?

2. Chapter X describes the relationship between novelty and _________.

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

4. What word does James associate with prayer?

5. What does James say about motion, change, and activity?

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