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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 does James describe as the first virtue of pluralism?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Free will.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Charity.

2. Whom does James respond to in "Humanism and Truth Once More"?
(a) Parton.
(b) Tim.
(c) Camdon.
(d) Joseph.

3. According to James, what is Emerson's good quality?
(a) He is truly happy.
(b) He is true to his own expression.
(c) He does not lie.
(d) He is an excellent writer.

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

5. Why does James say that feelings are important?
(a) They are responses to action.
(b) They are signs of consciousness.
(c) They are signs of intelligence.
(d) They are direct percepts of the world.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The challenges of what kind of problems does James present in Chapter II?

3. What does James say about motion, change, and activity?

4. What is Lecture II of the meaning of truth lectures about?

5. What term is defined as the state of consciousness considered subjectively?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the appendix?

2. What is Lecture III about?

3. What does James say about Emerson?

4. What is the Philippine Address about?

5. What is Lecture IV about?

6. What does James say about Blood?

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

8. What is James' principle of causality?

9. What is Lecture IX about?

10. What is Lecture XI about?

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