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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. Burton believes devils are to plagues as airborne particles are to _______.
(a) Rain.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Disease.
(d) Pollution.

2. Where do false gods fall on Burton's spirit ranking list?
(a) They're not listed.
(b) The middle.
(c) The bottom.
(d) The top.

3. What is Burton doing with the work of Democritus?
(a) Disproving it.
(b) Further developing it.
(c) Undermininging it.
(d) Glorifying it.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton explains that urine, sweat, and ______ are also important for the body.

2. A sufferer of lycanthropy believes he is _____.

3. What is Burton's opinion of why disease is less common today?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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