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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section I (Lectures I-VII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'Each-form,' according to James, allows for intimacy with which of the following?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Divine.
(d) Love.

2. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.
(a) Practical.
(b) Immediate.
(c) Simple.
(d) Painless.

3. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Hinduism.
(d) Catholicism.

4. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?
(a) Casual.
(b) Monist.
(c) Generic.
(d) Plural.

5. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?
(a) Theory.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?

2. Royce says that limits for which group are a result of only a piece of absolute will?

3. For whom is truth an inert static relationship, according to James?

4. What stance does James attribute to being the way out of monism?

5. James says that limitations in will cause which of the following?

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