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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 4 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1900, James was scheduled to lecture at the ____________ but became ill and wasn't able to do it until 1902.
(a) Columbia Univeristy.
(b) University of Chicago.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) University of Edinburgh.

2. _________ graduated from the University of Vermont in 1858 and took the position of head of the philosophy department in 1867.
(a) Sarah Paine Torrey.
(b) Joseph Torrey.
(c) John Dewey.
(d) Henry Torrey.

3. William James believed that people have beliefs because the object of belief has been shown to have _________.
(a) Consequences.
(b) Value.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Colors.

4. __________consisted mainly of abolitionists which was shown when it enrolled 34,000 out of 37,000 available men for the war.
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) New York.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Vermont.

5. James felt that pragmatism was the philosophy of __________.
(a) Decision making.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Being practical.
(d) Simplicity.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ states that the government is created by individuals for the purpose of protecting those individuals.

2. In 1903, James published a book entitled _________.

3. _________ was Vermont Transcendentalism, a conservative transcendentalism that focuses on preserving institutions and systems.

4. Many Southerners and Northerners found a problem with _________ because it seemed to contradict Genesis.

5. __________ is the theory stating that races originate from separate sources.

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