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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. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Plato.
(c) James.
(d) Kant.

2. Where did James experience an earthquake?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Arizona.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

3. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?
(a) Aesthetic.
(b) Casual.
(c) Generic.
(d) Plural.

4. What does James believe to be the prevalence of one set of ideas?
(a) Experience.
(b) Action.
(c) Convention.
(d) Infinite.

5. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Subjectivity.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the first act, James believes that people will then act out of _____________.

2. What is the name of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?

3. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?

4. James holds that activity is evidenced by which of the following?

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

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