The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Louis Menand
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 8 | Part 5, Chapter 14 Pluralisms, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) Phillips.
(b) Lovejoy.
(c) James.
(d) Holmes Sr.

2. Charles Pierce did not like James' or Dewey's version of his work and thus attempted to bring forth his own form called __________.
(a) Pragmaticism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Pragmatics.
(d) Monogenism.

3. Jane Addams wrote an article comparing the opposing sides in the Pullman strike to __________.
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet and his father.
(c) King Lear and Ophelia,
(d) Polonius and Hamlet.

4. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.
(a) Lovejoy.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Wendell Phillips.
(d) Dred Scott.

5. After several political battles the school was administered by _________.
(a) Native Americans.
(b) John Wheelock.
(c) The original 12 member board of trustees.
(d) Eleazer Wheelock.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Dewey attended the University of Vermont and was a supporter of __________.

2. William James and Charles Pierce became friends while they were both attending ___________.

3. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.

4. _________ believed there could be no individual without society.

5. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

(see the answer key)

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