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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pluralistic Universe Section II (Lectures V-Appendix C).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. James says that for a man to experience the divine, what must he let go?
(a) Longing.
(b) Ego.
(c) Belongings.
(d) Love.

3. Fechner is the founder of ______________.
(a) Research psychology.
(b) Scientific psychology.
(c) Modern philosophy.
(d) Biology.

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

5. James connects religious manifestation to ______________.
(a) Charity.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Subconsciousness.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which phrase does James use to describe common sense?

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

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

5. Royce says that limits for which group are a result of only a piece of absolute will?

(see the answer key)

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