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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. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?
(a) Irrational thought.
(b) Immoral thought.
(c) Moral thought.
(d) Rational thought.

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

3. Whom does James respond to in "Humanism and Truth Once More"?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Parton.
(c) Camdon.
(d) Tim.

4. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Meliorism.
(d) Pessimism.

5. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Moral simplicity.
(d) Individual simplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James attribute to using wholes to explain parts?

2. According to James, what can be an object for several minds?

3. What does James believe to be the prevalence of one set of ideas?

4. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?

5. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?

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