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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the occupation of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?
(a) Chef.
(b) Author.
(c) Painter.
(d) Construction worker.

2. What is the first aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Realism.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Connotation.
(d) Optimism.

3. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.
(a) Simple.
(b) Painless.
(c) Practical.
(d) Immediate.

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

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

6. What concept does the story about the Philippine address discuss?
(a) German Expressionism.
(b) French Imperialism.
(c) English Philosophy.
(d) American Expansionism.

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

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

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

10. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
(a) Faith.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Stoutness.
(d) Happiness.

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

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

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

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

15. According to James, monism does not allow for what kind of consciousness?
(a) Finite.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Experienced.
(d) Ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lecture II of the meaning of truth lectures about?

2. In "Humanism and Truth Once More," what does James suggest others say pragmatism and humanism deny?

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

4. Lecture XII is a response to which of the following?

5. What is addressed in Chapter III?

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