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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) Cycle of life.
(c) Thinking pattern.
(d) Stage of development.

2. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?
(a) False.
(b) Permanent.
(c) True.
(d) Temporary.

3. What is the concept called where one believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Dialectic.
(c) Rationalist.
(d) Deductive.

4. What does James say life consists of?
(a) Inconsistent ignorance.
(b) Constant re-ordering process.
(c) Infrequent re-ordering process.
(d) Constant ignorance.

5. Who says that concepts freeze movement?
(a) James.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Royce.
(d) Bergson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?

2. What is the view that salvation of the world is not possible?

3. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?

4. The lecture about Royce adds to lectures on which topic?

5. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is radical empiricism?

2. What does James believe prompts people to act?

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

4. What does James say about other theorists and their experiences?

5. Why does James claim that theism is unsatisfactory?

6. How does James describe reasoning as a part of empiricism?

7. How does James define the results of excess?

8. Why does James mention Hegel?

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

10. How does James designate the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not?

(see the answer keys)

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