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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. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Determinism.
(d) Empiricism.

2. What does James call the conceptual way of knowing something?
(a) Perceptional.
(b) Representational.
(c) Reasonable.
(d) Intuitive.

3. Which phrase does James use to describe common sense?
(a) Symptom of aging.
(b) Stage of development.
(c) Cycle of life.
(d) Thinking pattern.

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

5. What term does James define as an idea's argument with reality?
(a) Reason.
(b) Logic.
(c) Truth.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In excess, what does James believe devoutness becomes?

2. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?

3. How does James describe ineffability?

4. How does James describe noetic quality?

5. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?

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