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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?
(a) Personal beliefs.
(b) Theism.
(c) Government.
(d) Laws.
2. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?
(a) Theism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Positivism.
(d) Pessimism.
3. What is the occupation of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?
(a) Chef.
(b) Author.
(c) Painter.
(d) Construction worker.
4. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Denotation.
(d) Fantasy.
5. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
(a) Faith.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Stoutness.
6. James gave an address to the alumni of ______________.
(a) Radcliffe.
(b) Long Beach.
(c) Brown.
(d) Yale.
7. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Consciousness.
8. According to James, what is Emerson's good quality?
(a) He is true to his own expression.
(b) He does not lie.
(c) He is an excellent writer.
(d) He is truly happy.
9. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?
(a) Kant.
(b) James.
(c) Plato.
(d) Descartes.
10. The challenges of what kind of problems does James present in Chapter II?
(a) Rational.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Biological.
(d) Metaphysical.
11. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?
(a) Perceptional.
(b) Reasonable.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Representational.
12. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) Henry James.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Homer.
13. What does James describe as a secondary process?
(a) Abuse.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Conception.
(d) Intelligence.
14. Who was the first to say, "I think therefore I am"?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.
15. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?
(a) Credible psychological involvement.
(b) Enhanced sensory images.
(c) Simplistic setting.
(d) Concrete character.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the story PhD Octopus, students do not deal with _________________.
2. James claims that it is difficult to imagine a world without the need for which of the following?
3. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.
4. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture VIII critique?
5. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?
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