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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Varieties of Religious Experience Section 2 (Lectures XI-Postcript).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James believes that people will first act out of _____________.
(a) Instinct.
(b) Desire.
(c) Need.
(d) Logic.

2. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The essential nature of a thing.
(b) The darkness of deep depression.
(c) The lack of happiness in a person.
(d) The absence of something.

3. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?
(a) Moral thought.
(b) Rational thought.
(c) Immoral thought.
(d) Irrational thought.

4. How does James describe ineffability?
(a) The inability to express ascetism.
(b) The inability to express experience.
(c) The inability to express charity.
(d) The inability to express virtue.

5. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?
(a) Ascetism.
(b) Pragmatism.
(c) Rationalism.
(d) Empiricism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.

3. James states purity arises from a sense of sensitivity to _________.

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

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

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