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

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

3. The most serious forms of melancholy can be _______.
(a) Frightening.
(b) Deadly.
(c) Misleading.
(d) Entertaining.

4. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.
(a) Blessing.
(b) Curse.
(c) Habit.
(d) Comfort.

5. Some believe the eccentric behavior of lycanthropy is a means of ______.
(a) Criticism.
(b) Coping.
(c) Joking.
(d) Communicating.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton explains there are natural and _______ causes for melancholy.

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

3. From Burton's view, _____, madness, and melancholy are distinct.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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