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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does James refer to as feeling fundamentally fed up with life?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Homer.
(d) Tolstoy.

2. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?
(a) A deliberate attempt to see the goodness in the world and in one's personal life.
(b) The decision to become happy when depressed.
(c) The ability to continue loving somebody even when one is depressed.
(d) The longing to see others become happy.

3. James describes the parts of the universe as being which of the following?
(a) Discontinuous.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Individualized.
(d) Happy.

4. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?
(a) Permanent.
(b) True.
(c) Temporary.
(d) False.

5. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Eucharist.
(b) Christian church.
(c) Jewish temple.
(d) Crucifix.

6. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?
(a) Those who have nothing.
(b) Those who are thankful.
(c) Those who are happy.
(d) Those who are depressed.

7. What does James attribute to using wholes to explain parts?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Empiricism.
(c) Logic.
(d) Rationalism.

8. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?
(a) Plural.
(b) Casual.
(c) Monist.
(d) Generic.

9. What stance does James attribute to being the way out of monism?
(a) Intelligence stance.
(b) Determinist stance.
(c) Pragmatist stance.
(d) Witness stance.

10. What does James say life consists of?
(a) Constant ignorance.
(b) Inconsistent ignorance.
(c) Infrequent re-ordering process.
(d) Constant re-ordering process.

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

12. Who believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Biben.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) James.
(d) Hegel.

13. James says that there are how many ways of looking at the poem "To You"?
(a) Two.
(b) Infinitely many.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

14. James says that other theorists originate from what type of experience?
(a) Broad experience.
(b) Limited experience.
(c) Personal experience.
(d) Intelligent experience.

15. The second lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Lies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?

2. Royce says that limits for which group are a result of only a piece of absolute will?

3. What kind of god does James find in the all-form?

4. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?

5. What type of unity does James describe as a preceding event causing a following event?

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