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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 is addressed in Chapter III?
(a) Challenges of meaning.
(b) Challenges of metaphysical beings.
(c) Challenges of addressing being.
(d) Challenges of continuous percepts.

2. James relates that the truth has ____________ consequences.
(a) Immediate.
(b) Practical.
(c) Painless.
(d) Simple.

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

4. What challenging research does James address in a short story?
(a) Psychical research.
(b) Anatomical research.
(c) Psychological research.
(d) Biological research.

5. What does Lecture IX relate to?
(a) The role of humanity.
(b) The meaning of pragmatism.
(c) The meaning of life.
(d) The meaning of truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story about the earthquake, James focuses on what part of the experience?

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

3. What fellow empiricist does James claim to sympathize with most?

4. What does James attribute to determining response actions?

5. What does James say about his philosophy compared to the philosophy of the subject in "A Pluralistic Mystic"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does James say about the Chicago School?

2. What is PhD Octopus about?

3. What does James say about war? Do you agree?

4. What does James say about Emerson?

5. What is James' principle of causality?

6. What is significant to note about the essay topics James chooses?

7. What does James discuss in Chapter II about metaphysics?

8. What is Lecture X about?

9. What are the virtues of pluralism that James discusses?

10. What is Lecture III about?

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