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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Causes of Melancholy - the Demonaic causes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In divine justice, why do bad things happen to people?
(a) As punishment.
(b) As karma.
(c) To build character.
(d) As a test.

2. Burton identifies wild ______ as the most chronic cause of human ailments.
(a) Children.
(b) Weather.
(c) Disease.
(d) Behavior.

3. Where is the melancholic humor produced?
(a) The stomach.
(b) The kidney.
(c) The spleen.
(d) The lung.

4. What does Burton believe happens to an illness if symptoms are alleviated?
(a) The illness gets worse.
(b) The illness changes.
(c) The illness goes away.
(d) The illness remains.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the life span of humanoid demons?

2. Democritus provids the _____ viewpoint of melancholy.

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

4. According to Burton, for how long have there been beliefs about angles and demons?

5. Burton believes people can carry on relationships with the dead through ______.

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