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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. Which phrase does James use to describe common sense?
(a) Symptom of aging.
(b) Thinking pattern.
(c) Stage of development.
(d) Cycle of life.

2. What does James attribute to using parts to explain wholes?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Monism.

3. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Determinism.
(d) Freedom.

4. Who believed that inclusive forms of consciousness are partly generated by less inclusive forms?
(a) James.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Hegel.
(d) Fechner.

5. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Individual simplicity.
(b) Moral simplicity.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Instinct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?

2. James says that other theorists originate from what type of experience?

3. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?

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

5. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is radical empiricism?

2. How does James define the results of excess?

3. What are James' thoughts about suicide?

4. What is the rationalist position?

5. What does James believe prompts people to act?

6. What are James' essential elements to religion?

7. Describe the pragmatic and pluralistic way of looking at "To You."

8. According to James, what drives human behavior?

9. What assertions does James make about ignorance?

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

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