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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is James' conception of truth?
(a) Realitic.
(b) Optimistic.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Melioristic.

2. Who stated that infinity defies enumeration?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Kant.
(c) James.
(d) Plato.

3. What does James claim his philosophy requires from followers?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Stoutness.
(c) Faith.
(d) Intelligence.

4. What adjective does James use to describe concepts?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Plural.
(c) Discrete.
(d) Continuous.

5. What does James describe as the first virtue of pluralism?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Charity.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Free will.

6. What concept does the story about the Philippine address discuss?
(a) American Expansionism.
(b) German Expressionism.
(c) English Philosophy.
(d) French Imperialism.

7. According to James, what gives one the ability to know a good man when one sees him?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Good education.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Intelligence.

8. Chapter XII describes the relationship between novelty and what other quality?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Causation.

9. What does Chapter VIII emphasize?
(a) Intelligent and ignorant.
(b) Positive and negative.
(c) Free will and meliorism.
(d) Discrete and continuous.

10. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?
(a) Enhanced sensory images.
(b) Concrete character.
(c) Simplistic setting.
(d) Credible psychological involvement.

11. What is the occupation of the subject of "A Pluralistic Mystic"?
(a) Author.
(b) Construction worker.
(c) Chef.
(d) Painter.

12. What term does James attribute to the love of wisdom?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Knowledge.

13. What is Lecture II of the meaning of truth lectures about?
(a) Ways of sharing.
(b) Ways of feeling.
(c) Ways of emoting.
(d) Ways of knowing.

14. What topic, in addition to monism, does James discuss in Chapter VII?
(a) Percepts.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Metaphysics.
(d) Philosophy.

15. What fellow empiricist does James claim to sympathize with most?
(a) Bode.
(b) Kant.
(c) Bergson.
(d) Bradley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James call the immediate way of knowing something?

2. According to James, what is the nature of Dewey's school?

3. What role does James attribute to being the point of beginning for the meaning of truth?

4. What does James describe as the third virtue of pluralism?

5. What does James describe as a secondary process?

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