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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture I relate to?
(a) Consciousness.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Cognition.

3. What does James describe as the first virtue of pluralism?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Charity.
(d) Free will.

4. What is PhD Octopus about?
(a) Students failing classes because they do not learn enough.
(b) Students being directed toward passing tests.
(c) Students cheating on tests.
(d) Students gaining significant knowledge.

5. What fellow empiricist does James claim to sympathize with most?
(a) Bergson.
(b) Bradley.
(c) Kant.
(d) Bode.

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

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

8. What does James describe as being a sudden and great extension of the field of consciousness?
(a) Enahnces states.
(b) Biological states.
(c) Psychological states.
(d) Mystical states.

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

10. What concept does James say counters the way reality is perceptually experienced?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Percepts.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Monism.

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

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

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

14. James gave an address to the alumni of ______________.
(a) Yale.
(b) Brown.
(c) Long Beach.
(d) Radcliffe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lecture XI discusses which concept?

2. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?

3. What is the name of the theory James describes as believing that time is always coming in small drops?

4. According to James, what is the nature of Dewey's school?

5. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?

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