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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Meaning of Truth Section II (Lectures VIII -XV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James claims that the belief in absolute negates the need for which of the following?
(a) Common sense.
(b) Action.
(c) Experience.
(d) Faith.

2. Who believes that everything has an opposite that is negated?
(a) Hegel.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) James.
(d) Biben.

3. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?
(a) Eucharist.
(b) Christian church.
(c) Jewish temple.
(d) Crucifix.

4. What is the view that salvation is neither impossible nor inevitable?
(a) Pessimism.
(b) Ascetism.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Meliorism.

5. What religion does James say relies on elaborate ceremony and hierarchy?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Buddhism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Hinduism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.

3. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?

4. James says that limitations in will cause which of the following?

5. What kind of unity does James describe as being things that are like each other?

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