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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Third Partition : Chapter 14, Symptoms of Love.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which answer is not Burton's objective for writing "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?
(a) To change thought.
(b) To gain fame.
(c) To disprove phychologists.
(d) To entertain.

2. Burton agrees with divine justice in that ____ causes suffering.
(a) Idleness.
(b) Age.
(c) Fear.
(d) Sin.

3. Burton believes actions of idleness and excessive ______ often cause depression.
(a) Shopping.
(b) Study.
(c) Socializing.
(d) Crying.

4. In Burton's anecdote in Chapter 13, where is the unsuspecting man lead?
(a) Jail.
(b) A whorehouse.
(c) To his new wife.
(d) To a bar.

5. How does Burton categorize types of melancholy?
(a) By people's reactions.
(b) By the symptoms.
(c) By the cause.
(d) By the duration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton explains love and lust do are not always ______.

2. In divine justice, why do bad things happen to people?

3. What did Aetius do to cure his melancholy?

4. "The Anatomy of Melancholy" addresses two conditions: unhappiness and ________.

5. What is Burton's first step to correcting melancholy?

(see the answer key)

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