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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section I (Lectures I-IV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James says that for an instantaneous conversion, it is necessary for a person to know which of the following?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Disharmony.

2. What position is described as holding that even in vast fields of sameness, there is still difference?
(a) Monism.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Pragmatism.

3. What does James identify as a "sick soul"?
(a) One who has reached a state of psychological rock-bottom.
(b) One who is psychologicall and emotionally empty.
(c) One who has made a difficult decision.
(d) One who has committed a crime.

4. What kind of experiences does James say deliver people from the suffering of duality?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Individual.
(c) Rational.
(d) Salvation.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What viewpoint does James believe tends to retreat and accommodate?

3. What does James describe as being both sublime and trivial?

4. James believes the salvation approach relies on what kind of experience?

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

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