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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the first act, James believes that people will then act out of _____________.
(a) Need.
(b) Logic.
(c) Desire.
(d) Instinct.

3. According to James, what is within the realm of sensory experience prior to cognition?
(a) Determinism.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Empiricism.

4. How does James describe noetic quality?
(a) New virtues.
(b) New happiness.
(c) New knowledge.
(d) New morals.

5. James says that the second way of looking at "To You" is in which position?
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?

2. James says that what kind of people experience a sense of unreality?

3. What term does James describe as being a mental mode of adaptation to reality?

4. What is the view that salvation is neither impossible nor inevitable?

5. What position does James describe as being based on facts and pessimism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the monistic way of looking at "To You."

2. How does James define the results of excess?

3. How does James describe reasoning as a part of rationalism?

4. What does James believe prompts people to act?

5. According to James, what is inquiry designed for?

6. Why does James claim that theism is unsatisfactory?

7. What is healthy-mindedness?

8. What is common sense as James sees it? Do you agree?

9. What information about Bergson does James want the reader to take note of?

10. How does James define religion?

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