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

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

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

4. Who is the target for Burton's book?
(a) Democritus.
(b) Modern people.
(c) His peers.
(d) Histrical figures.

5. What is Burton's second step to correcting melancholy?
(a) Getting more sleep.
(b) Finding out the cause.
(c) Renovating one's life.
(d) Suing someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which answer is not Burton's objective for writing "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?

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

3. What is Burton doing with the work of Democritus?

4. When are Democritus's thoughts prevalent?

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

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