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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. Who does James use in Lecture X to illustrate his point clearly?
(a) Henry James.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Homer.

2. James claims that it is difficult to imagine a world without the need for which of the following?
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Advice.
(d) Government.

3. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?
(a) Denotation.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Pessimism.

4. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Stoutness.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Faith.

5. In the lectures about the meaning of truth, what does Lecture VIII critique?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Pessimism.
(c) Optiism.
(d) Pragmatism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James, monism does not allow for what kind of consciousness?

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

3. What does Lecture IX relate to?

4. What is the name of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?

5. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is PhD Octopus about?

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

3. What is the purpose of the appendix?

4. What is Lecture XI about?

5. What is Lecture X about?

6. What is Lecture III about?

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

8. What is Lecture II about?

9. What does James say about the Chicago School?

10. What does James say about Emerson?

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