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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 does James believe people tend to do with the truth?
(a) Neglect it.
(b) Spend it.
(c) Optimize it.
(d) Conserve it.

2. In "Humanism and Truth Once More," what does James suggest others say pragmatism and humanism deny?
(a) Reality.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Monism.
(d) Faith.

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

4. "Answers to a Questionnaire" responds to which person?
(a) Pratt.
(b) Bergson.
(c) Kim.
(d) Kant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first aspect of the truth that James points out?

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

3. According to James, what gives one the ability to know a good man when one sees him?

4. What adjective does James use to address precepts?

5. What does "Answers to a Questionnaire" address?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lecture VIII about?

2. What does James discuss in Chapter IV about direct experience?

3. What is Lecture X about?

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

5. What does James discuss in Chapter V?

6. What does James say about Blood?

7. What does James say about Emerson?

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

9. What is Lecture III about?

10. What is the Philippine Address about?

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