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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. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?
(a) Less children.
(b) Better food.
(c) Medicine and hygiene.
(d) Less trees.

2. Burton believes people can carry on relationships with the dead through ______.
(a) Memories.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Family.
(d) Angels.

3. Burton believes God is _____ to punish people.
(a) Free.
(b) Happy.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Reluctant.

4. What is Burton's third step to correcting melancholy?
(a) Starting a new relationship.
(b) Going on vacation.
(c) Taking steps to heal.
(d) Calling one's family.

5. What makes melancholy of special interest to Democritus?
(a) He loves the sound of the word.
(b) He wants to help people.
(c) It is an undiscussed subject.
(d) He has a melancholic temperament himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Burton believe is a subtle substance produced by the body?

2. Many believe that lycanthropy is a form of _______.

3. What is the nature of the phlegmatic humor?

4. Many writers call melancholy a form of ______.

5. What does Burton believe happens to symptoms if an illness is cured?

(see the answer key)

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