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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is addressed in Chapter III?

2. What does James say about his philosophy compared to the philosophy of the subject in "A Pluralistic Mystic"?

3. What does James describe as a secondary process?

4. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?

5. What does Chapter IX focus on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture XI about?

2. What does James say about Emerson?

3. What is Lecture III about?

4. What is Lecture X about?

5. What does James say about war? Do you agree?

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

7. What is Lecture I about?

8. What does James believe a good education is?

9. What does James say about Blood?

10. What is Lecture IX about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What significance does James place on philosophy? What is philosophy to James? How does James' version of philosophy differ from yours?

Essay Topic 2

What political opinions does James assert? Is it effective for James to make these assertions known to the reader? What effect does this have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of the titles that are used for each lecture, chapter, and essay? What impression do they leave the reader with before reading? Analyze at least two specific examples.

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