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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. What topic, in addition to monism, does James discuss in Chapter VII?
(a) Percepts.
(b) Metaphysics.
(c) Pluralism.
(d) Philosophy.

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

3. What is Lecture II of the meaning of truth lectures about?
(a) Ways of sharing.
(b) Ways of feeling.
(c) Ways of emoting.
(d) Ways of knowing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did James experience an earthquake?

2. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

3. Critics of pragmatism assert that pragmatism is a revision of which stance?

4. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?

5. What is the first aspect of the truth that James points out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James discuss in Chapter I about the importance of philosophy?

2. What does James say about Emerson?

3. What is the purpose of the appendix?

4. What is PhD Octopus about?

5. What is Lecture XI about?

6. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

7. What is Lecture VIII about?

8. What is significant to note about the essay topics James chooses?

9. What is Lecture II about?

10. What is James' principle of causality?

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