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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The First Partition : Chapter 4, More on Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Burton regard those who claim they have melancholy?
(a) They should be shunned.
(b) They're pretending.
(c) They aren't faking.
(d) There is something else wrong.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Burton explains _____ is a large component of melancholy.
(a) Biology.
(b) Parenting.
(c) Weather.
(d) Ego.

3. Burton describes "______" victims as people who suffer by no wrongdoing of their own.
(a) Fake.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Real.

4. In Burton's opinion, what is the negative side of large-scale diseases and disasters?
(a) It's expensive.
(b) It's tragic.
(c) It's inevitable.
(d) It's dramatic.

5. If one experiences headaches, Burton believes his melancholy condition might be ______ related.
(a) Biologically.
(b) Health.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Spiritually.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?

3. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.

4. Someone with lycanthropy has ______ eyes.

5. Burton agrees with divine justice in that ____ causes suffering.

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