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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Causes of Melancholy.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where are lycanthrops during the day?
(a) Together.
(b) At work.
(c) Hiding.
(d) In trees.

4. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?
(a) It's dry.
(b) It's cold.
(c) It's pink.
(d) It's warm.

5. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?
(a) The get worse.
(b) They go away.
(c) They change.
(d) They remain.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Burton, who won't entertain conversations about angles or demons?

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

3. A sufferer of lycanthropy believes he is _____.

4. According to Burton, divine justice is a(n) ______ philosophy today.

5. Through what method are religion and science able to coexist?

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