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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. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Faith.
(c) Experience.
(d) Action.

2. What does Lecture IX relate to?
(a) The role of humanity.
(b) The meaning of life.
(c) The meaning of truth.
(d) The meaning of pragmatism.

3. According to James, what can be an object for several minds?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Motion.
(c) Action.
(d) Experience.

4. What concept does James say counters the way reality is perceptually experienced?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Monism.
(d) Percepts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?

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

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

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

5. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture VIII about?

2. What is the purpose of the appendix?

3. What is James' principle of causality?

4. What is PhD Octopus about?

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

6. What does James say about Blood?

7. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

8. What is the Philippine Address about?

9. What is Lecture II about?

10. What is Lecture X about?

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