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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Cures of Love - Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Burton express cures for melancholy at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Excerpts from Plato.
(b) A diagram.
(c) A list.
(d) Illustrations.

2. Burton thinks comedy is ______.
(a) Irrelevant.
(b) Therapeutic.
(c) Brilliant.
(d) Boring.

3. According to Burton, which women are the most deceitful?
(a) Married women.
(b) Children.
(c) Bawds.
(d) Old women.

4. Burton discusses that the most unfortunate trials of two deeply in love are _____.
(a) Disagreements.
(b) Money.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Family.

5. Where is the melancholic humor produced?
(a) The stomach.
(b) The kidney.
(c) The spleen.
(d) The lung.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Burton's opinion, what is the benefit of large-scale disasters and diseases?

2. In Chapter 8, what inevitability does Burton observe as a cause for melancholy?

3. What kind of water does Burton believe is better to drink?

4. Love will lead to melancholy if there is ____.

5. Burton uses Antony and Cleopatra as an example of the _______ of passion.

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