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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. What word does James associate with prayer?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Rational.
(c) Morals.
(d) Transaction.

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

3. Which definition is most close to the definition of healthy-mindedness?
(a) The decision to become happy when depressed.
(b) The longing to see others become happy.
(c) A deliberate attempt to see the goodness in the world and in one's personal life.
(d) The ability to continue loving somebody even when one is depressed.

4. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.
(a) Negatively.
(b) Positively.
(c) Simply.
(d) Frugally.

5. How does James describe noetic quality?
(a) New morals.
(b) New knowledge.
(c) New happiness.
(d) New virtues.

Short Answer Questions

1. James identifies the difference between those who are saintly and those who are not as which of the following?

2. According to James, religion cannot exist on which of the following?

3. James claims that in excess, what can become gullibility?

4. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

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

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