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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. Which answer is not Burton's objective for writing "The Anatomy of Melancholy"?
(a) To entertain.
(b) To change thought.
(c) To disprove phychologists.
(d) To gain fame.

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

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

4. How does Burton begin discussing his methodology for dealing with melancholy in Chapter 2?
(a) Through historical references.
(b) Through riddles.
(c) Through metaphor.
(d) Through a chart.

5. Many writers call melancholy a form of ______.
(a) Coping.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Love.
(d) Madness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the target for Burton's book?

2. Someone with lycanthropy has ______ eyes.

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

4. Burton claims that, for some, melancholy is normal and becomes a _____.

5. Where are lycanthrops during the day?

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