View a FREE sample

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 thinks a dietary problem is _____.
(a) An internal cause for melancholy.
(b) A social cause for melancholy.
(c) A mental cause for melancholy.
(d) A pre-exising cause for melancholy.

2. Burton thinks demons may be references to _______.
(a) Fantasies.
(b) God.
(c) The Devil.
(d) Actual people.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, Burton explains _____ is a large component of melancholy.
(a) Parenting.
(b) Ego.
(c) Weather.
(d) Biology.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the appearance of the melancholic humor?

2. Democritus provids the _____ viewpoint of melancholy.

3. What is the nature of the choler humor?

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

5. Where is the melancholic humor produced?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 170 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample