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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. What is Burton's first step to correcting melancholy?
(a) Hours of meditation.
(b) Recognizing its existence.
(c) Finding new friends.
(d) Taking medication.

2. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.
(a) Contentious.
(b) Irrelevant.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Hyped.

3. In divine justice, why do bad things happen to people?
(a) As a test.
(b) As karma.
(c) To build character.
(d) As punishment.

4. What is Burton's third step to correcting melancholy?
(a) Starting a new relationship.
(b) Taking steps to heal.
(c) Going on vacation.
(d) Calling one's family.

5. What makes melancholy of special interest to Democritus?
(a) He loves the sound of the word.
(b) He wants to help people.
(c) He has a melancholic temperament himself.
(d) It is an undiscussed subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton describes "______" victims as people who suffer by no wrongdoing of their own.

2. How does Burton begin discussing his methodology for dealing with melancholy in Chapter 2?

3. Aside from magnitude, Burton discusses _____.

4. If one experiences despondency, Burton believes his condition might be ______ related.

5. Democritus provids the _____ viewpoint of melancholy.

(see the answer key)

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