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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Causes of Love Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.
(a) Coping.
(b) Communicating.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Joking.

2. From Burton's view, _____, madness, and melancholy are distinct.
(a) Frenzy.
(b) Love.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Disease.

3. Many writers call melancholy a form of ______.
(a) Madness.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Coping.
(d) Love.

4. What kind of food does Burton believe induces melancholy?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Meat and dairy.
(d) Sugar and Salt.

5. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.
(a) Comfort.
(b) Habit.
(c) Blessing.
(d) Curse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people does Burton cite as causing melancholy in Chapter 8?

2. Burton believe people who arrive with technology are seen as ____.

3. In Chapter 8, Burton discusses how _____ affect melancholia.

4. A sufferer of lycanthropy believes he is _____.

5. Someone with lycanthropy has _______ legs.

(see the answer key)

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