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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The essential nature of a thing.
(b) The darkness of deep depression.
(c) The lack of happiness in a person.
(d) The absence of something.

2. How does James describe noetic quality?
(a) New happiness.
(b) New knowledge.
(c) New virtues.
(d) New morals.

3. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?
(a) Monist.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Religious.

4. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?
(a) Relgion.
(b) Pantheism.
(c) Pragmatism.
(d) Monism.

5. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?
(a) A god might have once existed.
(b) A god might not be all-knowing.
(c) A god could never have existed.
(d) A god might not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?

2. What is the second concept Fechner uses in his reasoning?

3. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?

4. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?

5. How does James describe Josiah Royce's approach?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to James, what is inquiry designed for?

2. According to James, what drives human behavior?

3. What is the monist position?

4. How does James describe reasoning as a part of rationalism?

5. What are the qualities of saintliness which James defines?

6. How does James define religion?

7. What are James' essential elements to religion?

8. How is James' concept of philosophy different from your own?

9. Why does James believe that religion should be based on an individual level?

10. What are the types of unity that James describes?

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