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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bentley and Dewey published a book called "Knowing the Known" giving American society knowledge about________.
(a) American born men.
(b) American born women.
(c) Emigrants.
(d) Immigrants.

2. During one of the club meetings _________ read a paper called Design and Chance.
(a) Francis Parker.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) Charles Pierce.
(d) George Morris.

3. Chicago at the time was in the middle of the _________ strike.
(a) Pushman.
(b) Pullman.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Government.

4. Holmes and James ________ after their marriages.
(a) Wrote a book together.
(b) Became good friends.
(c) Taught at the same university.
(d) Went their separate ways.

5. The school was run based on the operating philosophies of ________ schools, including 'pure learning' and 'academic freedom'.
(a) Belgian.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) German.

6. _________ left the University of Michigan at 35 to become the chair at the University of Chicago.
(a) Charles Pierce.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) G. Stanley Hall.
(d) William James.

7. One of the problems of Pragmatism is that it does not take into account _________.
(a) Social interests.
(b) Governmental interests.
(c) Religious interests.
(d) Individual interests.

8. Pierce used __________ daily because of the pain caused by cancer that ravaged his body.
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Morphine.

9. University presidents or ____________ did not accept the formation of the American Association of University Professors.
(a) Unions.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Board of trustees.
(d) Congressmen.

10. The new organization developed by Dewey, Lovejoy, and Cattell had thirty-one investigations of ____________.
(a) Plagiarism.
(b) Wrongful termination.
(c) Malpractice.
(d) Sexual harrassment.

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

12. Charles Pierce taught a ________ class in the fall of 1883 and spring of 1884 during which he announced the formation of the Metaphysical Club.
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Logic.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Philosophy.

13. The organizer of the American Railroad Union was arrested ________.
(a) Two times.
(b) Three times.
(c) Four times.
(d) One time.

14. The United States was currently in the middle of a ________ and many employers were cutting wages.
(a) Depression.
(b) Recession.
(c) Election.
(d) Economic boom.

15. _________ sat on the Supreme Court for 34 years, serving as Chief Justice before retiring in 1932.
(a) John Dewey.
(b) Benjamin Pierce.
(c) Oliver Holmes.
(d) William James.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pragmatism states "people are the agents of their own destinies" and was not used by _________.

2. ___________ did not believe he was a pragmatist, even though he held many of the same beliefs.

3. __________ was created with a grant from a personal estate with direction to create a university.

4. Many of the universities of the time were using the law enacted by ____________.

5. After Hall discredited several candidates for the professor of philosophy position, one was finally hired in __________.

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