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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the poem "To You"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Henry James.

2. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Logic.
(d) Intellectual.

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

4. What type of unity does James define as being the relationship of things that seem to tell a story together?
(a) Casual.
(b) Beings.
(c) Empirical.
(d) Aesthetic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Lecture II, James outlines the meaning of ______________.

3. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?

4. The first lens James describes that is used for seeing the world is which of the following?

5. James suggests that the experience of evil is necessary from an existential viewpoint to access deep levels of which of the following?

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