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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, First Partition : Chapter 3, Melancholia Cont..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Divine justice suggests people have ______ control over what happens to them.
(a) Minimal.
(b) No.
(c) Absolute.
(d) A lot.

2. Burton thinks a dietary problem is _____.
(a) A pre-exising cause for melancholy.
(b) A mental cause for melancholy.
(c) A social cause for melancholy.
(d) An internal cause for melancholy.

3. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?
(a) Medicine and hygiene.
(b) Better food.
(c) Less children.
(d) Less trees.

4. Burton sees destruction by natural disasters as _______.
(a) Temporary.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Permanent.
(d) Minor.

5. Burton regards all magnitudes of melancholy as _______.
(a) Debilitating.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Overrated.
(d) Uncommon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In divine justice, whose wrongdoings do people suffer from?

2. How does Burton regard those who claim they have melancholy?

3. How does Burton categorize types of melancholy?

4. When are Democritus's thoughts prevalent?

5. In Burton's opinion, what is the negative side of large-scale diseases and disasters?

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