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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. The challenges of what kind of problems does James present in Chapter II?
(a) Rational.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Biological.
(d) Psychological.

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

3. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?
(a) Theism.
(b) Government.
(c) Personal beliefs.
(d) Laws.

4. James gave an address to the alumni of ______________.
(a) Radcliffe.
(b) Long Beach.
(c) Yale.
(d) Brown.

5. What is addressed in Chapter III?
(a) Challenges of metaphysical beings.
(b) Challenges of continuous percepts.
(c) Challenges of meaning.
(d) Challenges of addressing being.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does James respond to in "Humanism and Truth Once More"?

2. Why does James say that feelings are important?

3. What topic, in addition to monism, does James discuss in Chapter VII?

4. Who was the first to say, "I think therefore I am"?

5. What is the name of the theory James describes as believing that time is always coming in small drops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the types of causes that James focuses on?

2. What is Lecture II about?

3. What is Lecture VIII about?

4. What does James say about Emerson?

5. What is the Philippine Address about?

6. What is Lecture X about?

7. What is Lecture IX about?

8. What is James' principle of causality?

9. What is Lecture I about?

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

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