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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 6 | Part 5, Chapter 13 Pragmatisms, Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 10.
(d) 13.

2. In 1903, James published a book entitled _________.
(a) The Origin of the Species.
(b) The Varieties of Religious Experience.
(c) The Will to Believe.
(d) Studies of Logical Theory.

3. Daniel Gillman, the first president of Johns Hopkins wanted ________ to teach philosophy at the school.
(a) George Morris.
(b) William James.
(c) G. Stanley Hall,
(d) Charles Pierce.

4. 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) Harvard University.
(c) University of Chicago.
(d) University of Edinburgh.

5. _________ believed that laws were tools used by judges to set guidelines but were not actual and definitive.
(a) Chauncy Wright.
(b) William James.
(c) Nicholas St. John Green.
(d) Charles Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

1. ___________ disliked immigration and created a society of married women who demanded their husbands pay for housecleaning.

2. During Holmes' first semester teaching at Harvard Law School he was offered a seat on__________.

3. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

4. _________ founded the Metaphysical Club in 1872 in Cambridge.

5. In 1897 _________ made a speech during a monument dedication to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

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