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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lecture VI, what does James relate to pragmatism?
(a) Truth.
(b) Reason.
(c) Logic.
(d) Religion.

2. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are accepting of new information.
(b) They are angry at new information.
(c) They are comforted by new information.
(d) They are wary of new information.

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

4. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Spiritualism.

5. In Lecture III, James compares mysticism to ____________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Rationalism.
(c) Religion.
(d) Unreality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?

2. How does James describe ineffability?

3. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.

4. James believes that which viewpoint fills the needs of both religion and fact?

5. James asserts that inquiry is secondly designed to evaluate which of the following?

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