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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Some Problems of Philosophy Section II (Chapters VIII-Appendix).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is defined as the state of consciousness considered subjectively?
(a) Representation.
(b) Cognition.
(c) Thought.
(d) Feeling.

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

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

4. James asserts that inquiry is first designed to evaluate which of the following?
(a) The darkness of deep depression.
(b) The essential nature of a thing.
(c) The absence of something.
(d) The lack of happiness in a person.

5. What position does James attribute to being the 'each-form'?
(a) Monist.
(b) Pluralist.
(c) Meliorist.
(d) Theist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?

2. What is the second aspect of the truth that James points out?

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

4. What viewpoint does James attribute to being aggressive and radical?

5. In determinist stance, James describes superhuman as which of the following?

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