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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which concept?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Call to action.
(c) Realism.
(d) Lack of action.

3. According to James, what is Emerson's good quality?
(a) He is an excellent writer.
(b) He does not lie.
(c) He is true to his own expression.
(d) He is truly happy.

4. Why does James say that feelings are important?
(a) They are signs of intelligence.
(b) They are direct percepts of the world.
(c) They are responses to action.
(d) They are signs of consciousness.

5. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?
(a) Reasonable.
(b) Intuitive.
(c) Representational.
(d) Perceptional.

6. What does Chapter VIII emphasize?
(a) Intelligent and ignorant.
(b) Free will and meliorism.
(c) Discrete and continuous.
(d) Positive and negative.

7. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Positivism.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Theism.

8. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?
(a) Government.
(b) Theism.
(c) Personal beliefs.
(d) Laws.

9. What does James describe as a secondary process?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Conception.
(d) Abuse.

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

11. What does James describe as the third virtue of pluralism?
(a) It is scientific.
(b) it is pragmatic.
(c) It is pluralistic.
(d) It is theistic.

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

13. What does James say about his philosophy compared to the philosophy of the subject in "A Pluralistic Mystic"?
(a) Their philosophies are very similar.
(b) They share a common foundation.
(c) Their philosophies are quite different.
(d) They share the same inspiration but still differ in other ways.

14. James claims that it is difficult to imagine a world without the need for which of the following?
(a) Love.
(b) War.
(c) Government.
(d) Advice.

15. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?
(a) Causation.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What challenging research does James address in a short story?

2. Who does James focus on in Chapter II?

3. Where did James experience an earthquake?

4. According to James, monism does not allow for what kind of consciousness?

5. What does James attribute to determining response actions?

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