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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the organization that Dewey, Lovejoy, and Cattell created in 1915, similar to the AMA or the ABA?
(a) PETA.
(b) AAUP.
(c) UAW.
(d) NAACP.

2. The authority of _________ characterizes pre-modern societies, but not modern societies.
(a) Chance.
(b) Nurture.
(c) Environment.
(d) Heredity.

3. When his salary was less than expected John Dewey decided to _________.
(a) Ask for more money.
(b) Take another position.
(c) Teach only during the fall.
(d) Move out of the country.

4. Modern societies are led by ________ and the procedures and theories that led to modernity.
(a) Chance.
(b) Nature.
(c) Nurture.
(d) Heredity.

5. Students in Dewey's classes were taught by _______.
(a) Example.
(b) Reading.
(c) Listening.
(d) Observation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane Addams wrote an article comparing the opposing sides in the Pullman strike to __________.

2. The first president of the University of Chicago was_________.

3. The university presidents still gave __________ and fired faculty for not expressing the views of the college.

4. University presidents or ____________ did not accept the formation of the American Association of University Professors.

5. Dewey had a different take on stimulus and response that stated _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Pierce and his wife go to New York after he was fired from the Coast Survey?

2. What are modern societies led by, according to the studies of Holmes?

3. What did Dewey and Holmes think about the idea of giving freedom to others?

4. What did Pierce think of his brother's book, "The Will to Believe" when he read it?

5. What did Dewey believe about mind and reality in his time after leaving Chicago?

6. What would happen if Harper did not like something a teacher said during a lecture?

7. Why was Cattell fired from Columbia University with the start of WWI?

8. What was the greatest achievement of Holmes which occurred before he was 40 years old?

9. What was happened that made it difficult for Dewey to get into Chicago to start his new job?

10. When Charles Pierce arrived at the school, what did he announce he was going to revive?

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