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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Essays Section II (Essays 11-20).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lecture VIII relates pragmatism to which concept?
(a) Experience.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Ability.
(d) Religion.

2. What does James describe as occurring when the whole changes all things contained within it must also change as a singular act?
(a) Logical operation.
(b) Inductive reasoning.
(c) Immanent operation.
(d) Singular operation.

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

4. Royce says that limits for which group are a result of only a piece of absolute will?
(a) Animals.
(b) Pragmatists.
(c) Humans.
(d) Theists.

5. What does James address in Chapter IV?
(a) Metaphysical problems.
(b) Discrete concepts.
(c) Continous percepts.
(d) Direct experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. James suggests the naturalist approach consists of living __________.

2. According to James, what is Emerson's good quality?

3. James associates Charles Pierce with what concept?

4. What does James identify as the "fruits" of religion?

5. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?

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