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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. John Dewey was the founder of ___________.
(a) The Atlanta School.
(b) The New York School.
(c) The Chicago School.
(d) The Miami School.

2. In the story PhD Octopus, students do not deal with _________________.
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Skills.
(c) Truth.
(d) Happiness.

3. What concept does the story about the Philippine address discuss?
(a) English Philosophy.
(b) American Expansionism.
(c) French Imperialism.
(d) German Expressionism.

4. In "Humanism and Truth Once More," what does James suggest others say pragmatism and humanism deny?
(a) Faith.
(b) Monism.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Reality.

5. What is the name of the theory James describes as believing that time is always coming in small drops?
(a) Awareness Theory.
(b) Continuous Theory.
(c) Discretion Theory.
(d) Discontinuity Theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lecture XII is a response to which of the following?

2. What does Chapter IX focus on?

3. What does James call the immediate way of knowing something?

4. Chapter X describes the relationship between novelty and _________.

5. What does James describe as the second virtue of pluralism?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture VIII about?

2. What does James discuss in Chapter II about metaphysics?

3. What does James say about Emerson?

4. What are the virtues of pluralism that James discusses?

5. What is the Philippine Address about?

6. What does James say about the Chicago School?

7. What is Lecture II about?

8. What is Lecture XI about?

9. What is James' principle of causality?

10. What does James discuss in Chapter IV about direct experience?

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