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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. Which of the following does James not identify as a quality of saintliness?
(a) Strength of the soul.
(b) Charity.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Purity.

2. According to James, the absence of something can lead to a sense of which of the following?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Unreality.

3. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?
(a) Science.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Religion.

4. What do Lectures XVI and XVII outline?
(a) Aspects of mystical experience.
(b) Aspects of fanaticism.
(c) Aspects of ascetism.
(d) Aspects of charity.

5. James says that mystical experience carries a sense of which of the following?
(a) Depression.
(b) Authority.
(c) Morality.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James identifies a substance through which of the following?

3. James says that the first way of looking at "To You" is in which position?

4. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?

5. James states that which viewpoint is the process for determining truth?

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