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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does James discuss in Chapter V?
(a) The fulfillment of pluralism.
(b) The abuse of concepts.
(c) The problems of monism.
(d) The discretion of abuse.

2. What does James address in Chapter IV?
(a) Metaphysical problems.
(b) Continous percepts.
(c) Discrete concepts.
(d) Direct experience.

3. In "Humanism and Truth Once More," what does James suggest others say pragmatism and humanism deny?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Reality.
(c) Faith.
(d) Monism.

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

5. What is addressed in Chapter III?
(a) Challenges of addressing being.
(b) Challenges of meaning.
(c) Challenges of metaphysical beings.
(d) Challenges of continuous percepts.

6. What adjective does James use to describe concepts?
(a) Continuous.
(b) Plural.
(c) Discrete.
(d) Fulfilling.

7. Chapter X describes the relationship between novelty and _________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Infinity.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Discretion.

8. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) Homer.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Henry James.
(d) William Shakespeare.

9. Whom does James respond to in "Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic"?
(a) Brandon.
(b) Bode.
(c) Brookes.
(d) Borden.

10. "Answers to a Questionnaire" responds to which person?
(a) Bergson.
(b) Pratt.
(c) Kim.
(d) Kant.

11. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?
(a) Simplistic setting.
(b) Credible psychological involvement.
(c) Concrete character.
(d) Enhanced sensory images.

12. According to James, what gives one the ability to know a good man when one sees him?
(a) Good education.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Intelligence.

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

14. What term is defined as the state of consciousness considered subjectively?
(a) Feeling.
(b) Thought.
(c) Cognition.
(d) Representation.

15. What adjective does James use to address precepts?
(a) Discrete.
(b) Plural.
(c) Fulfilling.
(d) Continuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Dewey was the founder of ___________.

2. What does James say about motion, change, and activity?

3. Who was the first to say, "I think therefore I am"?

4. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?

5. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?

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