All of the Following Are True of William James's Family

question 56

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true of William James's family members EXCEPT

• A) his father's personal crisis was resolved when he encountered the work of mystical philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg.
• B) his brother Henry James Jr. became a great novelist.
• C) his sister Alice James was intellectually gifted but denied educational opportunities because she was female.
• D) his mother was a well-known spiritualist and medium.

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